HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081242670
Bassin · #1081242670
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 : Kiteto, Simanjiro
Sub-basin area
311,8km²
Upstream area
2 778,1km²
Discharge
9,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 109m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812416801119 km²
- Bassin · #1081241790317 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 300.2 km²96.7% of basin
- 10.3 km²3.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Masai O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
310.47 km² overlap
Makame WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
271.30 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 101 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
571mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
104mm/an
PET
1 709mm
AET
482mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
218cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
87%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)