HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081283820
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
31,8km²
Upstream area
23 467,9km²
Discharge
22,44m³/s
Mean elev.
990m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kisigo River1604 km²
- Bassin de Myombe667 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 18.7 km²59.1% of basin
- 13.0 km²40.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lunda Nkwambi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
25.56 km² overlap
Pawaga-Idodi WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
8.56 km² overlap
Kizigo G.R. (C)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
0.12 km² overlap
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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
533mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,69
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
449mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
237cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)