HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361480
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
1 129,4km²
Upstream area
1 129,4km²
Discharge
20,67m³/s
Mean elev.
537m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 600.2 km²53.4% of basin
- 524.8 km²46.6% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
1124.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 27 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 212mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
571mm/an
PET
1 635mm
AET
897mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
187cm
Forest
24%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)