HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081240230
Bassin · #1081240230
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 across 2 countries : Kinango, Lungalunga, Mkinga
Sub-basin area
360,3km²
Upstream area
360,3km²
Discharge
1,13m³/s
Mean elev.
378m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 255.2 km²71.1% of basin
- 66.1 km²18.4% of basin
- MkingaTanga · Tanzania37.4 km²10.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 15 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
820mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
118mm/an
PET
1 613mm
AET
693mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
341cm
Forest
37%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)