HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081253310
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 3 administrative regions : Kaliua, Mpanda Rural, Uvinza
Sub-basin area
431km²
Upstream area
43 358,7km²
Discharge
101,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 194m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ugalla176 km²
- Bassin de Ugalla139 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 353.5 km²82.4% of basin
- KaliuaTabora · Tanzania70.7 km²16.5% of basin
- 4.9 km²1.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
429.13 km² overlap
Mpanda Line
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
254.50 km² overlap
Ugalla Niensi O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
196.68 km² overlap
Tongwe East
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
92.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 22 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
1 032mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
54mm/an
PET
1 677mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
466cm
Forest
82%
Crops
20%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)