HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009450
Bassin de Rufiji
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 : Rufiji
Sub-basin area
178,9km²
Upstream area
177 136,2km²
Discharge
918,12m³/s
Mean elev.
10m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 5 basins
- Bassin de Rufiji2626 km²
- Bassin · #10800527901728 km²
- Bassin · #1080058840579 km²
- Bassin de Rufiji384 km²
- Bassin · #10800408001 km²
7 intersecting protected areas
Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
111.24 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
9.78 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
8.41 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
7.52 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.31 km² overlap
Mangroves (Mikindani)
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.26 km² overlap
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 263mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
285mm/an
PET
1 451mm
AET
935mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
14cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)