HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361190
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, Mecula, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
339,5km²
Upstream area
47 622,6km²
Discharge
825,16m³/s
Mean elev.
498m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1129 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma180 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 274.8 km²81.2% of basin
- 62.7 km²18.5% of basin
- 0.7 km²0.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
66.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 127mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
556mm/an
PET
1 641mm
AET
869mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
215cm
Forest
12%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)