HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081233700
Bassin · #1081233700
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 : Kahama, Kaliua, Uyui
Sub-basin area
670,3km²
Upstream area
2 588,5km²
Discharge
3,61m³/s
Mean elev.
1 166m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081236400523 km²
- Bassin · #1081236310406 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KaliuaTabora · Tanzania383.0 km²57.4% of basin
- 246.8 km²37.0% of basin
- 37.5 km²5.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Igombe River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
251.26 km² overlap
Ushetu Ubagwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
115.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 8 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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
869mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
25mm/an
PET
1 749mm
AET
735mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
290cm
Forest
4%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
55%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)