HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081548700
Bassin · #1081548700
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 : Chicualacuala, Chigubo, Massangena
Sub-basin area
706,9km²
Upstream area
706,9km²
Discharge
1,55m³/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)
- Chigubo454.9 km²64.5% of basin
- Massangena239.5 km²34.0% of basin
- 10.6 km²1.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 15 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
514mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,72
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 808mm
AET
432mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
16cm
Forest
37%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)