HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081537790
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 : Mabote, Machaze, Massangena
Sub-basin area
148,5km²
Upstream area
92 456,5km²
Discharge
416,67m³/s
Mean elev.
154m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10815380901366 km²
- Bassin de Rio Save218 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MachazeManica · Mozambique136.7 km²92.3% of basin
- Mabote11.3 km²7.6% of basin
- Massangena0.1 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº4
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
129.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
688mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
580mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
160cm
Forest
74%
Crops
3%
Urban
3%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)