HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081263120
Bassin · #1081263120
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 : Bahi, Chamwino, Chemba
Sub-basin area
1 119,8km²
Upstream area
1 119,9km²
Discharge
1,34m³/s
Mean elev.
1 092m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 837.9 km²75.2% of basin
- 165.3 km²14.8% of basin
- 111.6 km²10.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chinene West
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
138.85 km² overlap
Mbuga ya Goima
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
47.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 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
623mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
42mm/an
PET
1 778mm
AET
525mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
493cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)