HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081239790
Bassin de Umba
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 : Korogwe, Lushoto, Mkinga
Sub-basin area
19,6km²
Upstream area
4 909,2km²
Discharge
9,27m³/s
Mean elev.
263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Umba2054 km²
- Bassin de Umba1825 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Mkomazi National Park
IUCN IVNational Park
3.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
840mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
169mm/an
PET
1 667mm
AET
711mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
210cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)