HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081285690
Bassin · #1081285690
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 1 administrative regions : Mlele
Sub-basin area
1 950,8km²
Upstream area
1 950,8km²
Discharge
8,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 181m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 intersecting protected areas
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
723.91 km² overlap
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
723.91 km² overlap
Mlele GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
648.98 km² overlap
Rukwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
404.26 km² overlap
Mlele G.C.A.(S)
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
260.57 km² overlap
Nyonga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
192.14 km² overlap
Inyonga GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
55.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
142 distinct species · 319 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
940mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
159mm/an
PET
1 801mm
AET
795mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
257cm
Forest
33%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
62%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)