HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081362250
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
194,1km²
Upstream area
49 219,4km²
Discharge
856,65m³/s
Mean elev.
443m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma763 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma47 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 121.5 km²62.9% of basin
- 71.8 km²37.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
67.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
25,3°C
Annual rain
1 132mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
531mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
877mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
114cm
Forest
19%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
33%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)