HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081285230
Bassin de Great Ruaha
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
297km²
Upstream area
297,1km²
Discharge
0,19m³/s
Mean elev.
842m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 281.8 km²95.3% of basin
- 13.9 km²4.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 18 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
523mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
21mm/an
PET
1 743mm
AET
441mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
364cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)