HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009040
Bassin de Mafreta
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 4 administrative regions : Handeni, Handeni Town, Kilindi, Pangani
Sub-basin area
4 584km²
Upstream area
4 584,1km²
Discharge
37,63m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2653.3 km²58.1% of basin
- 809.1 km²17.7% of basin
- Handeni TownTanga · Tanzania558.6 km²12.2% of basin
- 543.0 km²11.9% of basin
12 intersecting protected areas
Saadani National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
150.55 km² overlap
Handeni GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
32.39 km² overlap
Kwasumba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
26.27 km² overlap
Mtunguru
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
25.47 km² overlap
Msumbugwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
22.83 km² overlap
Handeni Hill
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.59 km² overlap
Bondo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.58 km² overlap
Garafuno
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.87 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
634 distinct species · 1 620 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 28 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 Mafreta : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 33 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 10 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
988mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
267mm/an
PET
1 698mm
AET
835mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
232cm
Forest
83%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)