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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081355800657 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma43 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 499.3 km²59.0% of basin
- 347.0 km²41.0% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Liparamba G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
264.59 km² overlap
Magwamila O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
10.71 km² overlap
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
0.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 12 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°
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)