Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081286440

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

EndorheicPfafstetter: 11600705

Sub-basin area

240,7km²

Upstream area

14 517,4km²

Discharge

106,77m³/s

Mean elev.

1 119m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Rungwa River465 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

5 intersecting protected areas

  • Muipa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    164.73 km² overlap

  • Rungwa River GCA

    IUCN Not Reported

    Game controlled area

    79.21 km² overlap

  • Rungwa River G.C.A.

    IUCN IV

    Game Reserve

    79.21 km² overlap

  • Rukwa

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    72.42 km² overlap

  • Piti O.A. (W)

    IUCN Not Reported

    Open area

    0.26 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

8 distinct species · 9 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

9 obs · 2 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 8
8–7
8–7
8–7
< 8

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

23,7°C

Annual rain

918mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,49

Runoff

302mm/an

PET

1 787mm

AET

776mm

Mean slope

1,1°

Water table

172cm

Forest

0%

Crops

0%

Urban

0%

Protected

99%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)