HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361740
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 : Mecula, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
108,6km²
Upstream area
54 960,3km²
Discharge
955,62m³/s
Mean elev.
360m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1234 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma233 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 56.9 km²52.6% of basin
- 51.2 km²47.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Mwambesi
IUCN Not ReportedNature Forest Reserve
53.69 km² overlap
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
52.96 km² overlap
Mwambesi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
28.88 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°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 108mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
530mm/an
PET
1 702mm
AET
878mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
61cm
Forest
6%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)