HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081247110
Bassin · #1081247110
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 : Kilindi, Kiteto, Simanjiro
Sub-basin area
1 048,2km²
Upstream area
1 048,2km²
Discharge
2,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 186m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 786.8 km²75.4% of basin
- 236.2 km²22.6% of basin
- 20.7 km²2.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
384.40 km² overlap
Talamai O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
240.69 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 17 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
653mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
76mm/an
PET
1 655mm
AET
552mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
383cm
Forest
5%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)