HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080010040
Bassin · #1080010040
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 across 2 countries : Mtwara Rural, Palma
Sub-basin area
113,7km²
Upstream area
113,7km²
Discharge
0,67m³/s
Mean elev.
9m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Palma102.2 km²90.2% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 16 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°
25,8°C
Annual rain
1 113mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
226mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
933mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
31cm
Forest
92%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)