HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081362920
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
375,8km²
Upstream area
49 838,9km²
Discharge
870,12m³/s
Mean elev.
416m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081362310244 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma194 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 250.7 km²67.0% of basin
- 123.7 km²33.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
115.24 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 17 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 126mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
522mm/an
PET
1 677mm
AET
878mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
79cm
Forest
14%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
30%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)