Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081271670

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: 13289902

Sub-basin area

1 352,8km²

Upstream area

1 353,1km²

Discharge

7,66m³/s

Mean elev.

1 131m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Shama319 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

4 intersecting protected areas

  • Nyonga

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    1347.00 km² overlap

  • Inyonga GCA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game controlled area

    1344.25 km² overlap

  • Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    118.68 km² overlap

  • Ipole WMA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wildlife Management Area

    95.21 km² overlap

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

Species present

1 distinct species · 4 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

4 obs · 4 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 1
1–0
1–0
1–0
< 1

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°

23,9°C

Annual rain

903mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,50

Runoff

177mm/an

PET

1 797mm

AET

762mm

Mean slope

0,4°

Water table

99cm

Forest

0%

Crops

0%

Urban

0%

Protected

100%

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