Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081269860

Bassin de Shama

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 2 administrative regions : Mlele, Sikonge

Pfafstetter: 13289901

Sub-basin area

318,9km²

Upstream area

6 999,7km²

Discharge

28,99m³/s

Mean elev.

1 097m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Katumbiki2 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    317.51 km² overlap

  • Ipole WMA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    312.89 km² overlap

  • Nyonga

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    69.65 km² overlap

  • Inyonga GCA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game controlled area

    60.33 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 distinct species · 3 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

3 obs · 2 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 2
2–1
2–1
2–1
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

24,1°C

Annual rain

922mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,49

Runoff

110mm/an

PET

1 807mm

AET

779mm

Mean slope

0,0°

Water table

9cm

Forest

0%

Crops

2%

Urban

0%

Protected

100%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)