HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081248250
Bassin · #1081248250
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 : Kibondo, Uvinza
Sub-basin area
109,9km²
Upstream area
49 631,7km²
Discharge
134,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 069m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081247670144 km²
- Bassin · #108124768073 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 89.4 km²81.7% of basin
- 20.1 km²18.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
75.31 km² overlap
Gombe GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
72.34 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
37.11 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 25 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
976mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
68mm/an
PET
1 695mm
AET
825mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
50cm
Forest
9%
Crops
2%
Urban
2%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)