HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356280
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, Nanyumbu
Sub-basin area
49,1km²
Upstream area
73 505,5km²
Discharge
1 241,35m³/s
Mean elev.
209m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mto Nandembo627 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma312 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 31.5 km²64.4% of basin
- 17.4 km²35.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
31.47 km² overlap
Lukwika-Lumesule G.R.
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
19.44 km² overlap
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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
962mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
383mm/an
PET
1 766mm
AET
811mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
131cm
Forest
2%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)