HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282370
Bassin de Kisigo 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 : Chamwino, Iringa Rural
Sub-basin area
763,8km²
Upstream area
25 307,7km²
Discharge
22,38m³/s
Mean elev.
977m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kisigo River1076 km²
- Bassin de Kisigo River32 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 450.3 km²59.2% of basin
- 310.2 km²40.8% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lunda Nkwambi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
599.63 km² overlap
Pawaga-Idodi WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
318.22 km² overlap
Ruaha National Park
IUCN IINational Park
123.64 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 12 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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
529mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
1 721mm
AET
446mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
324cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
2%
Protected
71%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)