HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081263720
Bassin de Msima
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 1 administrative regions : Mlele
Sub-basin area
112,7km²
Upstream area
3 671,7km²
Discharge
7,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 097m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Msima355 km²
- Bassin de Msima349 km²
5 intersecting protected areas
Msima GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
82.81 km² overlap
Mpanda North East
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
81.52 km² overlap
Ugalla River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
32.91 km² overlap
Ugalla G.R. (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
29.40 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
19.76 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 035mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
62mm/an
PET
1 783mm
AET
875mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
126cm
Forest
73%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)