HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081361780
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
47,2km²
Upstream area
48 262,1km²
Discharge
837,41m³/s
Mean elev.
419m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081361200592 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma340 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 24.6 km²52.3% of basin
- 22.4 km²47.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
18.82 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 127mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
544mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
874mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
200cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)