HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081230590
Bassin · #1081230590
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 : Kahama, Kaliua
Sub-basin area
322,4km²
Upstream area
322,4km²
Discharge
0,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 176m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 318.6 km²99.3% of basin
- KaliuaTabora · Tanzania2.4 km²0.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
239.55 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
38.97 km² overlap
Mamboto
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.75 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 5 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
20mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
742mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
279cm
Forest
50%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
68%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)