HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009330

Bassin · #1080009330

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 1 administrative regions : Mkuranga

Coastal basinPfafstetter: 11739007

Sub-basin area

157,1km²

Upstream area

157,6km²

Discharge

1,61m³/s

Mean elev.

11m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Mkuranga
Pwani · Tanzania
137.3 km²
87.8% of basin

9 intersecting protected areas

Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
27.01 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
4.13 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
2.86 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
2.13 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
1.81 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
1.50 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
0.25 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
0.19 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not Reported
Forest Reserve
0.13 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

4 distinct species · 6 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°

26,3°C

Annual rain

1 242mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,17

Runoff

310mm/an

PET

1 497mm

AET

948mm

Mean slope

0,5°

Water table

34cm

Forest

96%

Crops

Urban

Protected

16%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)