HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081363390
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mavago, Namtumbo, Sanga
Sub-basin area
181,7km²
Upstream area
27 344,3km²
Discharge
425,89m³/s
Mean elev.
520m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rovuma1753 km²
- Bassin de Rovuma612 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 93.0 km²51.4% of basin
- 87.2 km²48.2% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Niassa
IUCN VISpecial Reserve
107.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 203mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
573mm/an
PET
1 597mm
AET
882mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
94cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)