HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081353930
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, Nanyumbu
Sub-basin area
1 018,4km²
Upstream area
143 427,2km²
Discharge
2 106,48m³/s
Mean elev.
298m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1358 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma288 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 446.4 km²44.0% of basin
- 396.1 km²39.0% of basin
- 128.4 km²12.7% of basin
- 43.5 km²4.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
54 distinct species · 110 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 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 : 5 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 30.0%, 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
414mm/an
PET
1 751mm
AET
789mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
171cm
Forest
41%
Crops
2%
Urban
2%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)