HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081288520
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
265,8km²
Upstream area
265,8km²
Discharge
2,33m³/s
Mean elev.
1 412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 189.5 km²71.6% of basin
- 75.2 km²28.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
176.55 km² overlap
Lukwati
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
87.15 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
942mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
1 729mm
AET
796mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
615cm
Forest
93%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)