HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081349700
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 : Nangade, Tandahimba
Sub-basin area
56,2km²
Upstream area
152 130km²
Discharge
2 259,26m³/s
Mean elev.
83m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma766 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma497 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Nangade38.7 km²69.0% of basin
- 17.3 km²31.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 33 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 080mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
328mm/an
PET
1 706mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
145cm
Forest
94%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)