HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081574480
Bassin · #1081574480
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 : Chibuto, Chigubo
Sub-basin area
187,3km²
Upstream area
3 986,1km²
Discharge
7,34m³/s
Mean elev.
51m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10815737401639 km²
- Bassin · #1081573770136 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Chibuto186.7 km²99.9% of basin
- Chigubo0.2 km²0.1% 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
601mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
74mm/an
PET
1 856mm
AET
508mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
53cm
Forest
92%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)