HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081236480
Bassin · #1081236480
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
78,3km²
Upstream area
12 823,2km²
Discharge
61,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 077m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812356301839 km²
- Bassin · #1081235620810 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 47.8 km²61.3% of basin
- BukombeGeita · Tanzania30.2 km²38.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
77.94 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
47.13 km² overlap
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
30.81 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
951mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
804mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
17cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)