HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081285440
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 2 administrative regions : Mlele, Songwe
Sub-basin area
330,5km²
Upstream area
330,5km²
Discharge
2,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 138m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 275.0 km²83.6% of basin
- 54.1 km²16.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
268.35 km² overlap
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
268.35 km² overlap
Rukwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
264.39 km² overlap
Piti O.A. (W)
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
57.59 km² overlap
Inyonga GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
3.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
908mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
272mm/an
PET
1 788mm
AET
767mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
198cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)