Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081363140

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

Pfafstetter: 11767020

Sub-basin area

612km²

Upstream area

612km²

Discharge

10,96m³/s

Mean elev.

665m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rovuma182 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

2 intersecting protected areas

  • Niassa

    IUCN VI

    Special Reserve

    458.35 km² overlap

  • Chipanje Chetu

    IUCN VI

    Community Conservation Area

    157.42 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 distinct species · 1 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

1 obs · 1 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 1
1–0
1–0
1–0
< 1

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

23,8°C

Annual rain

1 266mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,19

Runoff

565mm/an

PET

1 557mm

AET

888mm

Mean slope

3,5°

Water table

199cm

Forest

37%

Crops

5%

Urban

0%

Protected

75%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)