HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081573210
Bassin · #1081573210
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 : Chibuto, Chigubo, Guijá, Mabalane
Sub-basin area
536,2km²
Upstream area
1 544,6km²
Discharge
2,15m³/s
Mean elev.
72m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081569520559 km²
- Bassin · #1081569440450 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chigubo240.6 km²45.0% of basin
- Mabalane191.9 km²35.9% of basin
- 67.1 km²12.6% of basin
- Chibuto35.3 km²6.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 23 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
546mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,71
Runoff
61mm/an
PET
1 852mm
AET
465mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
21cm
Forest
72%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)