HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081245640
Bassin · #1081245640
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
1 424,4km²
Upstream area
1 424,4km²
Discharge
3,17m³/s
Mean elev.
1 150m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 827.3 km²58.3% of basin
- 590.8 km²41.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Talamai O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
1277.76 km² overlap
Makame WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
480.48 km² overlap
Masai O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
4.56 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
606mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
81mm/an
PET
1 701mm
AET
511mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
333cm
Forest
2%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)