HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081221570
Bassin de Lumi
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Moshi Rural, Rombo, Taveta
Sub-basin area
1 068,4km²
Upstream area
1 068,4km²
Discharge
5,97m³/s
Mean elev.
1 026m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 748.7 km²70.4% of basin
- 314.7 km²29.6% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Tsavo West
IUCN IINational Park
297.67 km² overlap
Kilimanjaro National Park
IUCN IINational Park
53.57 km² overlap
Kilimanjaro National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
9.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 308 distinct species · 7 144 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 34 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lumi : 31 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,8°C
Annual rain
780mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 673mm
AET
647mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
169cm
Forest
24%
Crops
10%
Urban
8%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)