HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081514510
Bassin · #1081514510
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 3 administrative regions : Chirumhanzu, Chivi, Shurugwi
Sub-basin area
1 230,5km²
Upstream area
1 230,5km²
Discharge
4,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 210m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 897.3 km²73.1% of basin
- 284.7 km²23.2% of basin
- 44.9 km²3.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 65 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,8°C
Annual rain
691mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
103mm/an
PET
1 582mm
AET
584mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
329cm
Forest
21%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)