HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081240340
Bassin · #1081240340
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 : Kiteto, Kondoa, Simanjiro
Sub-basin area
132,4km²
Upstream area
1 975,2km²
Discharge
4,42m³/s
Mean elev.
1 130m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081241990560 km²
- Bassin · #1081241980460 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 74.5 km²56.5% of basin
- 56.3 km²42.7% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Irkishbor O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
61.37 km² overlap
Tarangire National Park
IUCN IINational Park
10.89 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
642mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 720mm
AET
542mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
181cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
53%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)