File:Near_the_Cataracts_of_the_Rovuma.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Country
- Tanzania , Mozambique
- Location
- Ruvuma Region , Tanzania
- Coordinates
- 10°45′00″S 35°40′00″E / 10.75000°S 35.66667°E / -10.75000; 35.66667
- Elevation
- 1,000 m (3,300 ft)
- Length
- 998 km (620 mi)
- Basin size
- 154,727.4 km (59,740.6 mi ) to 155,316.4 km (59,968.0 mi )
- Average
- (Period: 1979–2015)55.94 km /a (1,773 m /s) (Period: 1971–2000)2,286.3 m /s (80,740 cu ft/s) (Period: 1982–2013)890.8 m /s (31,460 cu ft/s)
- River system
- Rovuma River
- Left
- Mlongasi, Likonde, Muhawesi, Lumesule, Mbangala
- Right
- Messinge, Lucheringo, Chinlezi, Lugenda
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Ruvuma River
- mouth of the watercourse
- Indian Ocean
- topic's main category
- Category:Ruvuma River
- watershed area
- 150000
- discharge
- 475.0
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Ruvuma River, formerly also known as the Rovuma River, is a river in the African Great Lakes region. During the greater part of its course, it forms the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. The river is 998 km (620 mi) long, with a drainage basin of ~155,000 km (60,000 mi) in size. Its mean annual discharge is 475 m/s (16,800 cu ft/s) to 2,286 m/s (80,700 cu ft/s) at its mouth.
Discharge
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruvuma River” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
On the map
4 mapped locations