HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081358800
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 : Namtumbo, Sanga
Sub-basin area
454,6km²
Upstream area
23 833,7km²
Discharge
373,96m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma2314 km²
- Bassin · #1081358000204 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 306.5 km²67.7% of basin
- 146.3 km²32.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
311.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 15 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 221mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
449mm/an
PET
1 566mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
108cm
Forest
10%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)