HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282520
Bassin de Rungwa 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 3 administrative regions : Chunya, Sikonge, Songwe
Sub-basin area
1 149,5km²
Upstream area
6 798,6km²
Discharge
36,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 175m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River1056 km²
- Bassin de Rungwa River245 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SikongeTabora · Tanzania667.1 km²58.3% of basin
- 474.7 km²41.5% of basin
- 2.8 km²0.2% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Inyonga GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
630.64 km² overlap
Nyonga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
547.69 km² overlap
Piti O.A.(E)
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
469.85 km² overlap
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
41.13 km² overlap
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
41.13 km² overlap
Rungwa (N) O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
2.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 7 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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
855mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
253mm/an
PET
1 767mm
AET
722mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
210cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)