HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009060
Bassin · #1080009060
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 : Handeni, Pangani
Sub-basin area
274,1km²
Upstream area
274,2km²
Discharge
3,03m³/s
Mean elev.
118m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 162.6 km²59.6% of basin
- 110.2 km²40.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Saadani National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
149.63 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
28 distinct species · 54 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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
1 019mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
351mm/an
PET
1 757mm
AET
862mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
123cm
Forest
84%
Crops
10%
Urban
1%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)