HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081247700
Bassin · #1081247700
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
866,2km²
Upstream area
7 290,7km²
Discharge
15,93m³/s
Mean elev.
953m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081246340919 km²
- Bassin · #108124655094 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 810.4 km²94.0% of basin
- 28.7 km²3.3% of basin
- 23.3 km²2.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
854.87 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 13 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
651mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,62
Runoff
73mm/an
PET
1 699mm
AET
550mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
295cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)