HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081281100
Bassin de Katuma 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 : Mlele, Mpanda Rural
Sub-basin area
394,4km²
Upstream area
4 623,4km²
Discharge
19,5m³/s
Mean elev.
940m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081279140298 km²
- Bassin de Katuma River237 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 392.1 km²99.8% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.2% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Katavi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
391.38 km² overlap
Mulele Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
187 distinct species · 298 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 29 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Katuma River : 22 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 48 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,0°C
Annual rain
983mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 840mm
AET
831mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
36cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)