HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360840
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 : Nyasa, Sanga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
850,4km²
Upstream area
6 210,1km²
Discharge
78,7m³/s
Mean elev.
764m
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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 313mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
441mm/an
PET
1 527mm
AET
908mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
210cm
Forest
83%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)