HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081250330
Bassin de Malagarasi
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 : Mpanda Rural, Uvinza
Sub-basin area
936,2km²
Upstream area
121 969,3km²
Discharge
320,55m³/s
Mean elev.
1 169m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Malagarasi838 km²
- Bassin de Malagarasi156 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 530.4 km²56.9% of basin
- 401.7 km²43.1% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
697.91 km² overlap
Ilunde
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
58.85 km² overlap
Uvinza
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
33 distinct species · 101 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
88mm/an
PET
1 602mm
AET
864mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
342cm
Forest
46%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)