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
Sub-basin area
1 079,4km²
Upstream area
57 015,1km²
Discharge
996,38m³/s
Mean elev.
358m
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°
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)