HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081264950
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
348,5km²
Upstream area
3 204,4km²
Discharge
6,68m³/s
Mean elev.
1 123m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081268700906 km²
- Bassin · #1081268690235 km²
5 intersecting protected areas
Msima GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
314.72 km² overlap
Mpanda North East
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
296.81 km² overlap
Ugalla River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
51.71 km² overlap
Ugalla G.R. (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
32.26 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
7.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 4 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 025mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
57mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
866mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
161cm
Forest
37%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)