HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081275410
Bassin de Mkata River
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 : Kilosa, Mvomero
Sub-basin area
1,3km²
Upstream area
24 592,2km²
Discharge
58,11m³/s
Mean elev.
374m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mvumi River1291 km²
- Bassin de Mkata River1077 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1.0 km²80.5% of basin
- 0.2 km²19.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 76 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
64mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
790mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
4cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)