HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081554360
Bassin de Metsemasweu
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 2 administrative regions : Palapye, Serowe
Sub-basin area
29km²
Upstream area
2 923,2km²
Discharge
1,52m³/s
Mean elev.
944m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Metsemasweu619 km²
- Bassin de Metsemasweu451 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 18.8 km²65.2% of basin
- 10.1 km²34.8% of basin
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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
424mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,76
Runoff
12mm/an
PET
1 733mm
AET
356mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
25cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)