HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081276240
Bassin de Ruvu
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 : Bagamoyo, Kibaha Urban
Sub-basin area
18,3km²
Upstream area
16 323,7km²
Discharge
67,69m³/s
Mean elev.
34m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081276710835 km²
- Bassin de Ruvu38 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 11.2 km²61.5% of basin
- 7.0 km²38.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 11 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
1 013mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
166mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
135cm
Forest
41%
Crops
12%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)