HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080008990
Bassin de Kigombe
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 : Muheza, Pangani, Tanga
Sub-basin area
171,9km²
Upstream area
171,9km²
Discharge
1,79m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 80.1 km²46.8% of basin
- 63.7 km²37.2% of basin
- 14.9 km²8.7% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
437 distinct species · 1 515 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kigombe : 25 espèces reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 6.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,5°C
Annual rain
1 250mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
440mm/an
PET
1 672mm
AET
1 039mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
153cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
2%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)