HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081248790
Bassin · #1081248790
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
485,2km²
Upstream area
9 266,7km²
Discharge
18,74m³/s
Mean elev.
764m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081247820886 km²
- Bassin · #108124776018 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 305.0 km²63.1% of basin
- 178.1 km²36.9% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Handeni GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
360.33 km² overlap
Kitwai GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
122.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
716mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
83mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
605mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
231cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)