HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081284000
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
158,3km²
Upstream area
26 183,6km²
Discharge
22,15m³/s
Mean elev.
879m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kisigo River764 km²
- Bassin de Kisigo River717 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 83.1 km²52.7% of basin
- 74.6 km²47.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Pawaga-Idodi WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
79.11 km² overlap
Lunda Nkwambi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
7.72 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
523mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 734mm
AET
440mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
340cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
5%
Protected
83%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)