HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081289310
Bassin de Myombe
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 3 administrative regions : Chunya, Iringa Rural, Manyoni
Sub-basin area
705,1km²
Upstream area
2 738,4km²
Discharge
2,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 250m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10812908201318 km²
- Bassin · #1081290710716 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 417.9 km²59.5% of basin
- 142.8 km²20.3% of basin
- 141.4 km²20.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Rungwa Mwamagembe G.R.
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
404.16 km² overlap
Ruaha National Park
IUCN IINational Park
279.16 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 17 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
683mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
1 689mm
AET
576mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
401cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)