HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081248700
Bassin · #1081248700
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 : Handeni, Kilindi
Sub-basin area
663,1km²
Upstream area
663,1km²
Discharge
1,52m³/s
Mean elev.
880m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 596.3 km²90.3% of basin
- 63.9 km²9.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Handeni GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
435.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
821mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
87mm/an
PET
1 675mm
AET
694mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
272cm
Forest
24%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)