HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009940
Bassin · #1080009940
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 4 administrative regions : Lindi Rural, Mtwara Rural, Newala, Tandahimba
Sub-basin area
1 368,9km²
Upstream area
1 369,1km²
Discharge
10,05m³/s
Mean elev.
242m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1055.9 km²77.4% of basin
- 248.6 km²18.2% of basin
- 51.0 km²3.7% of basin
- 7.8 km²0.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 75 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 093mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
269mm/an
PET
1 632mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
209cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)