HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009960
Bassin · #1080009960
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 : Mtwara Rural, Mtwara Urban
Sub-basin area
197,4km²
Upstream area
197,6km²
Discharge
1,13m³/s
Mean elev.
135m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 177.6 km²90.3% of basin
- 18.9 km²9.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mangrove
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 20 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 063mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
198mm/an
PET
1 628mm
AET
894mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
230cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)