HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361350
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mavago, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
179,8km²
Upstream area
46 153,7km²
Discharge
796,27m³/s
Mean elev.
464m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma2323 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma229 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 114.4 km²63.9% of basin
- 64.7 km²36.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
70.16 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 134mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
575mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
171cm
Forest
5%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)