Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081357810

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: 11765015

Sub-basin area

1 079,4km²

Upstream area

57 015,1km²

Discharge

996,38m³/s

Mean elev.

358m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rovuma170 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

3 intersecting protected areas

  • Niassa

    IUCN VI

    Special Reserve

    709.24 km² overlap

  • Mwambesi GCA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game controlled area

    362.47 km² overlap

  • Mwambesi

    IUCN Not Reported

    Nature Forest Reserve

    354.10 km² overlap

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

Species present

2 distinct species · 42 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

42 obs · 7 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 31
31–30
3–30
2–2
< 2

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

1 096mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,36

Runoff

532mm/an

PET

1 713mm

AET

877mm

Mean slope

0,7°

Water table

52cm

Forest

3%

Crops

1%

Urban

0%

Protected

97%

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