HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081288830
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
419,3km²
Upstream area
20 897,5km²
Discharge
147,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 174m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River327 km²
- Bassin de Rungwa River57 km²
6 intersecting protected areas
Rungwa River GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
224.72 km² overlap
Rungwa River G.C.A.
IUCN IVGame Reserve
224.72 km² overlap
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
166.31 km² overlap
Mlele GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
8.19 km² overlap
Mlele G.C.A.(S)
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
8.19 km² overlap
Katavi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
2.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 7 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
929mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
229mm/an
PET
1 788mm
AET
785mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
573cm
Forest
34%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)