HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081209910
Bassin de Simiyu
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 : Itilima, Meatu
Sub-basin area
227,1km²
Upstream area
1 866,7km²
Discharge
2,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 389m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812100201182 km²
- Bassin · #1081210100458 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 134.2 km²59.4% of basin
- 91.9 km²40.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
854mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
57mm/an
PET
1 598mm
AET
722mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
126cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)