HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360660
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 : Mavago, Namtumbo, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
229km²
Upstream area
43 651,1km²
Discharge
754,31m³/s
Mean elev.
471m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1614 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma1311 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 149.0 km²65.3% of basin
- 71.0 km²31.1% of basin
- 8.1 km²3.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
157.72 km² overlap
Ruvuma O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
75.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,1°C
Annual rain
1 159mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
595mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
880mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
124cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)