HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081247820
Bassin · #1081247820
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
885,9km²
Upstream area
885,9km²
Discharge
1,72m³/s
Mean elev.
1 048m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 823.5 km²93.4% of basin
- 33.4 km²3.8% of basin
- 25.1 km²2.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
96.69 km² overlap
Handeni GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
83.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 51 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
714mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
71mm/an
PET
1 656mm
AET
604mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
295cm
Forest
11%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)