HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081514000
Bassin de Rio Lucite
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chimanimani, Chipinge, Mossurize, Sussundenga
Sub-basin area
247,1km²
Upstream area
1 002,5km²
Discharge
9,62m³/s
Mean elev.
847m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081514340398 km²
- Bassin de Rio Lucite357 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 103.0 km²41.8% of basin
- 85.7 km²34.8% of basin
- MossurizeManica · Mozambique54.0 km²21.9% of basin
- SussundengaManica · Mozambique0.4 km²0.1% of basin
8 intersecting protected areas
Ngorima B
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
39.93 km² overlap
Ngorima A
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
31.05 km² overlap
Manyuseni
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
20.71 km² overlap
Glencoe
IUCN Not ReportedState Forest
16.87 km² overlap
Tarka
IUCN Not ReportedState Forest
9.77 km² overlap
Rusitu Forest
IUCN IVBotanical Reserve
2.39 km² overlap
Chimanimani
IUCN IINational Park
0.61 km² overlap
Haroni Forest
IUCN IVBotanical Reserve
0.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
255 distinct species · 730 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Lucite : 17 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,6°C
Annual rain
1 195mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 505mm
AET
915mm
Mean slope
10,7°
Water table
555cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)