HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356870
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
209,5km²
Upstream area
74 799,3km²
Discharge
1 260,36m³/s
Mean elev.
230m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1085 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma49 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 160.4 km²76.8% of basin
- 48.3 km²23.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
157.32 km² overlap
Lukwika-Lumesule G.R.
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
23.79 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
984mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
403mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
828mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
132cm
Forest
4%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)