HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081234960
Bassin · #1081234960
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, Nzega
Sub-basin area
320km²
Upstream area
320km²
Discharge
0,32m³/s
Mean elev.
1 211m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 318.6 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Karitu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
218.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 21 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
869mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
45mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
734mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
200cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)