HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356670
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
170,4km²
Upstream area
57 823,8km²
Discharge
1 014,89m³/s
Mean elev.
350m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1079 km²
- Bassin · #1081357640639 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 149.2 km²87.9% of basin
- 20.5 km²12.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
148.28 km² overlap
Mwambesi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
20.34 km² overlap
Mwambesi
IUCN Not ReportedNature Forest Reserve
19.41 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 036mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
515mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
120cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)