HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080010030
Bassin de Rovuma
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 across 2 countries : Mtwara Rural, Palma
Sub-basin area
1 384,2km²
Upstream area
155 316,4km²
Discharge
2 286,02m³/s
Mean elev.
98m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 104mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
244mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
920mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
130cm
Forest
89%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)