HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081241450
Bassin · #1081241450
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 : Buhigwe, Kigoma Rural
Sub-basin area
266,8km²
Upstream area
266,9km²
Discharge
1,7m³/s
Mean elev.
1 421m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 253.2 km²95.3% of basin
- 12.4 km²4.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
1 366mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
202mm/an
PET
1 501mm
AET
1 021mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
356cm
Forest
37%
Crops
4%
Urban
17%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)