HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081362530
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, Namtumbo
Sub-basin area
1 310,9km²
Upstream area
41 807,8km²
Discharge
724,29m³/s
Mean elev.
540m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1001 km²
- Bassin de Lussanhando727 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1015.1 km²77.7% of basin
- 290.6 km²22.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
1033.15 km² overlap
Ruvuma O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
278.32 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 203mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
595mm/an
PET
1 621mm
AET
890mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
184cm
Forest
23%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
78%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)