HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360360
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 : Sanga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
453,9km²
Upstream area
14 189,6km²
Discharge
264,01m³/s
Mean elev.
624m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma850 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma205 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 299.4 km²66.2% of basin
- 152.7 km²33.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
209.76 km² overlap
Magwamila O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
101.56 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 283mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
482mm/an
PET
1 540mm
AET
897mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
97cm
Forest
26%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)