HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081532990
Bassin · #1081532990
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 1 administrative regions : Machaze
Sub-basin area
1 059,8km²
Upstream area
1 059,8km²
Discharge
5,47m³/s
Mean elev.
197m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MachazeManica · Mozambique1056.9 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº4
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
529.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 14 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
758mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
165mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
127cm
Forest
93%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)