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
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°
25,3°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)