HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081248020
Bassin · #1081248020
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 : Handeni, Kilindi, Simanjiro
Sub-basin area
48,4km²
Upstream area
9 978,1km²
Discharge
19,92m³/s
Mean elev.
625m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081248700663 km²
- Bassin · #1081248790485 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 38.1 km²79.2% of basin
- 9.8 km²20.4% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
29.37 km² overlap
Handeni GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
18.79 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 145 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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
659mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
104mm/an
PET
1 758mm
AET
556mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
50cm
Forest
0%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)