HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081271090
Bassin · #1081271090
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 : Sikonge
Sub-basin area
1 590,7km²
Upstream area
1 591,1km²
Discharge
3,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 309m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SikongeTabora · Tanzania1583.8 km²100.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Itulu Hill
IUCN Not ReportedNature Forest Reserve
1538.36 km² overlap
Wembere GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
1211.92 km² overlap
Ituru Forest O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
371.90 km² overlap
Mpembampazi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.50 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 21 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
725mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
96mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
613mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
414cm
Forest
12%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)