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
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°
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)