HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081349980
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mueda, Nangade, Newala, Tandahimba
Sub-basin area
497,1km²
Upstream area
151 307,6km²
Discharge
2 248,45m³/s
Mean elev.
267m
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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 146mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
405mm/an
PET
1 681mm
AET
910mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
195cm
Forest
92%
Crops
4%
Urban
3%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)