HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081236400
Bassin · #1081236400
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 : Kaliua, Nzega, Uyui
Sub-basin area
522,8km²
Upstream area
522,8km²
Discharge
0,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 200m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 245.5 km²47.2% of basin
- 186.0 km²35.7% of basin
- KaliuaTabora · Tanzania88.9 km²17.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Igombe River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
287.77 km² overlap
Karitu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
49.54 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 28 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
891mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
43mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
753mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
252cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
65%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)