Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009630

Bassin · #1080009630

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 : Kilwa

Pfafstetter: 11750108

Sub-basin area

193,5km²

Upstream area

193,6km²

Discharge

1,01m³/s

Mean elev.

55m

Administrative coverage

1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • Rufiji-Mafia-Kilwa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    37.16 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    4.75 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    3.32 km² overlap

  • Mangrove

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    3.14 km² overlap

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

Species present

39 distinct species · 57 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

57 obs · 3 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 55
55–54
55–54
1–54
< 1

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°

26,3°C

Annual rain

1 095mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,26

Runoff

164mm/an

PET

1 486mm

AET

897mm

Mean slope

1,3°

Water table

83cm

Forest

93%

Crops

3%

Urban

0%

Protected

32%

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