Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355140

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 across 2 countries : Mecula, Tunduru

Pfafstetter: 11765011

Sub-basin area

344,9km²

Upstream area

59 454,3km²

Discharge

1 053,02m³/s

Mean elev.

339m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rovuma401 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

3 intersecting protected areas

  • Niassa

    IUCN VI

    Special Reserve

    108.57 km² overlap

  • Mwambesi GCA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game controlled area

    0.11 km² overlap

  • Mwambesi

    IUCN Not Reported

    Nature Forest Reserve

    0.06 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 distinct species · 29 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

29 obs · 5 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 25
25–24
1–24
1–0
< 1

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

25,8°C

Annual rain

994mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,42

Runoff

509mm/an

PET

1 715mm

AET

833mm

Mean slope

2,9°

Water table

175cm

Forest

6%

Crops

1%

Urban

0%

Protected

30%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)