HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081222540
Bassin · #1081222540
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 1 administrative regions : Bukombe
Sub-basin area
376,1km²
Upstream area
376,1km²
Discharge
0,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 187m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BukombeGeita · Tanzania374.5 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
323.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
943mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
1 674mm
AET
797mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
294cm
Forest
78%
Crops
16%
Urban
1%
Protected
78%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)