HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081225270
Bassin · #1081225270
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 : Bukombe, Kibondo
Sub-basin area
231km²
Upstream area
8 950,4km²
Discharge
41,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812233702578 km²
- Bassin · #1081223310623 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 155.1 km²67.4% of basin
- BukombeGeita · Tanzania74.9 km²32.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
229.95 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
154.48 km² overlap
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
75.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 6 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
984mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
94mm/an
PET
1 698mm
AET
832mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
99cm
Forest
14%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)