HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081362990
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 : Namtumbo, Sanga
Sub-basin area
1 752,7km²
Upstream area
26 550,8km²
Discharge
411,63m³/s
Mean elev.
607m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081358810964 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma455 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1057.3 km²60.6% of basin
- 688.5 km²39.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
739.83 km² overlap
Chipanje Chetu
IUCN VICommunity Conservation Area
13.37 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 204mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
479mm/an
PET
1 575mm
AET
880mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
151cm
Forest
31%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
42%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)