HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081360960
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Nyasa, Sanga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
204,8km²
Upstream area
7 525,4km²
Discharge
174,79m³/s
Mean elev.
653m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813618901948 km²
- Bassin · #1081361870414 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 83.1 km²40.7% of basin
- 77.8 km²38.2% of basin
- 37.2 km²18.3% of basin
- 5.8 km²2.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
40.18 km² overlap
Liparamba G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
34.34 km² overlap
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
22.27 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 317mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
512mm/an
PET
1 526mm
AET
905mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
103cm
Forest
71%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)