HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081264840
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
354,5km²
Upstream area
354,6km²
Discharge
0,63m³/s
Mean elev.
1 121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 intersecting protected areas
Ugalla River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
353.00 km² overlap
Ugalla G.R. (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
207.29 km² overlap
Msima GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
145.71 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
137.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 010mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
57mm/an
PET
1 797mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
106cm
Forest
25%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)