HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081353440
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 : Masasi, Masasi Town, Mueda, Newala
Sub-basin area
1 557km²
Upstream area
146 556,9km²
Discharge
2 158,05m³/s
Mean elev.
313m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1573 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma1018 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1235.8 km²79.7% of basin
- 116.9 km²7.5% of basin
- 112.0 km²7.2% of basin
- 86.1 km²5.5% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Makonde Scarp I
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
29.92 km² overlap
Makonde Scarp II
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
27.85 km² overlap
Nagaga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
16.34 km² overlap
Chilangala
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.30 km² overlap
Kambona
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
93 distinct species · 176 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rovuma : 9 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 22.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,3°C
Annual rain
983mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
445mm/an
PET
1 723mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
173cm
Forest
52%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)