Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009530

Bassin · #1080009530

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 : Kilwa, Rufiji

Pfafstetter: 11750102

Sub-basin area

996,7km²

Upstream area

996,8km²

Discharge

4,79m³/s

Mean elev.

130m

Administrative coverage

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

19 intersecting protected areas

  • Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    141.76 km² overlap

  • Namakutwa/Namade

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    46.89 km² overlap

  • Tambulu

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    38.55 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    22.19 km² overlap

  • Kiwengoma

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    19.26 km² overlap

  • Mohoro

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    18.93 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    9.59 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    4.38 km² overlap

  • Mohoro River

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    3.14 km² overlap

10 more protected areas

  • Tongomba New

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    2.26 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    2.02 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    1.42 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    1.33 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.46 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.36 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.25 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.12 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.09 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.04 km² overlap

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

Species present

754 distinct species · 2 103 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

2 103 obs · 17 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 1 088
362–1 087
75–361
18–74
< 18

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

25,7°C

Annual rain

1 128mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,22

Runoff

136mm/an

PET

1 456mm

AET

903mm

Mean slope

2,2°

Water table

121cm

Forest

98%

Crops

1%

Urban

1%

Protected

23%

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