HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355250
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
Sub-basin area
400,6km²
Upstream area
70 174,7km²
Discharge
1 200,16m³/s
Mean elev.
300m
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°
26,0°C
Annual rain
991mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
459mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
832mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
143cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)