HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081533670
Bassin de Rio Save
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 : Govuro, Mabote, Machanga
Sub-basin area
234,9km²
Upstream area
99 347,7km²
Discharge
430,33m³/s
Mean elev.
79m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10815346702065 km²
- Bassin de Rio Save1095 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 163.1 km²69.6% of basin
- Machanga67.7 km²28.9% of basin
- Mabote3.4 km²1.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº5
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
57.51 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
760mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
191mm/an
PET
1 626mm
AET
641mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
169cm
Forest
97%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)