HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081250830
Bassin de Ugalla
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
1 081,5km²
Upstream area
53 172km²
Discharge
108,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 214m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812532001546 km²
- Bassin de Ugalla431 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 843.0 km²78.3% of basin
- 233.7 km²21.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Ugalla Niensi O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
846.36 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
812.87 km² overlap
Tongwe East
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
637.23 km² overlap
Mpanda Line
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 80 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
1 031mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
61mm/an
PET
1 641mm
AET
870mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
455cm
Forest
68%
Crops
18%
Urban
1%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)