HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081358150
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 : Namtumbo, Sanga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
2 313,6km²
Upstream area
17 464,4km²
Discharge
308m³/s
Mean elev.
645m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081360140961 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma454 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1454.0 km²63.1% of basin
- 849.4 km²36.9% of basin
- 1.1 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
1334.42 km² overlap
Magwamila O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
766.95 km² overlap
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
211.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 8 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rovuma : 4 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 50.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 258mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
463mm/an
PET
1 548mm
AET
888mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
109cm
Forest
26%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)