HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081538090
Bassin · #1081538090
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 : Mabote, Machaze, Massangena, Mossurize
Sub-basin area
1 365,9km²
Upstream area
1 365,9km²
Discharge
6,94m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MachazeManica · Mozambique1360.2 km²99.9% of basin
- MossurizeManica · Mozambique1.7 km²0.1% of basin
- Massangena0.3 km²0.0% of basin
- Mabote0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nº4
IUCN VIHunting Reserve
275.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 11 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
747mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
161mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
631mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
255cm
Forest
93%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)