HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081288050
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 1 administrative regions : Mlele
Sub-basin area
100,2km²
Upstream area
15 959,9km²
Discharge
120,59m³/s
Mean elev.
1 156m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River525 km²
- Bassin de Rungwa River465 km²
5 intersecting protected areas
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
84.50 km² overlap
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
14.66 km² overlap
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
14.66 km² overlap
Rukwa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
11.74 km² overlap
Lukwati
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.78 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
931mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
1 782mm
AET
787mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
413cm
Forest
15%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)