HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081354610
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 : Mbinga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
295,2km²
Upstream area
3 613,9km²
Discharge
41,27m³/s
Mean elev.
864m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mto Matarawe514 km²
- Bassin de Ruvuma186 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 234.6 km²79.8% of basin
- 59.4 km²20.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 295mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
394mm/an
PET
1 525mm
AET
906mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
249cm
Forest
100%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)