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HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081212620

Bassin · #1081212620

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 : Kwimba, Misungwi, Nyang'hwale, Shinyanga Rural

6% lakePfafstetter: 17298670

Sub-basin area

1 010,6km²

Upstream area

6 548,1km²

Discharge

6,72m³/s

Mean elev.

1 200m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #10812077101202 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • Ilongafipa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    14.02 km² overlap

  • Sisu

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    9.94 km² overlap

  • Malenga

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    2.39 km² overlap

  • Mhalo

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    1.51 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

13 distinct species · 80 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

80 obs · 5 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 76
76–75
1–75
1–0
< 1

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

22,9°C

Annual rain

899mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,46

Runoff

50mm/an

PET

1 679mm

AET

760mm

Mean slope

1,9°

Water table

183cm

Forest

0%

Crops

5%

Urban

1%

Protected

3%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)