HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081283060
Bassin · #1081283060
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, Mpwapwa
Sub-basin area
177,7km²
Upstream area
1 687,4km²
Discharge
1,76m³/s
Mean elev.
803m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081279640295 km²
- Bassin · #1081279630169 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 171.0 km²96.7% of basin
- 5.9 km²3.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
526mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
27mm/an
PET
1 756mm
AET
443mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
311cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)