HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081548330
Bassin · #1081548330
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 : Chigubo, Mabote, Massangena
Sub-basin area
1 393,4km²
Upstream area
1 393,4km²
Discharge
3,99m³/s
Mean elev.
160m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Massangena1244.1 km²89.5% of basin
- Chigubo145.5 km²10.5% of basin
- Mabote0.1 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Zinave
IUCN IINational Park
583.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 31 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
592mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
77mm/an
PET
1 804mm
AET
499mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
56cm
Forest
47%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)