HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081357890
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mecula, Mueda, Nanyumbu
Sub-basin area
332,2km²
Upstream area
76 462,8km²
Discharge
1 280,7m³/s
Mean elev.
201m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813567401332 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma210 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 171.7 km²51.9% of basin
- 159.1 km²48.1% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
154.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 23 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
967mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
382mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
815mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
101cm
Forest
7%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)