HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081181750
Bassin · #1081181750
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 : Lake Victoria, Musoma Rural, Ukerewe
Sub-basin area
1 136,1km²
Upstream area
1 136,1km²
Discharge
4,72m³/s
Mean elev.
1 137m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 863.1 km²76.3% of basin
- 185.7 km²16.4% of basin
- 76.5 km²6.8% of basin
- 5.7 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 13 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 372mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
141mm/an
PET
1 565mm
AET
1 108mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
18cm
Forest
0%
Crops
16%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)