HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081181980
Bassin · #1081181980
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
406,8km²
Upstream area
2 363,1km²
Discharge
9,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 141m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081186300556 km²
- Bassin · #1081186290423 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 333.4 km²82.3% of basin
- 31.3 km²7.7% of basin
- 25.1 km²6.2% of basin
- 15.2 km²3.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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 391mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 566mm
AET
1 125mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
41cm
Forest
0%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)