HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081645710
Bassin de Mzimvubu River
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 : Alfred Nzo, O.R.Tambo
Sub-basin area
6,7km²
Upstream area
8 141,9km²
Discharge
53,19m³/s
Mean elev.
395m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tina River3214 km²
- Bassin de Tsitsa River1229 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3.9 km²59.3% of basin
- 2.7 km²40.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
18,7°C
Annual rain
864mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
387mm/an
PET
1 274mm
AET
731mm
Mean slope
20,8°
Water table
1 298cm
Forest
78%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)