HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081285630
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
7,4km²
Upstream area
11 789,8km²
Discharge
78,63m³/s
Mean elev.
1 094m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River1448 km²
- Bassin de Rungwa River331 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 4.5 km²61.8% of basin
- 2.8 km²38.2% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Piti O.A. (W)
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
3.89 km² overlap
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
3.47 km² overlap
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
3.47 km² overlap
Rukwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.48 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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
911mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
1 794mm
AET
769mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
90cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
35%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)