HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081293930
Bassin de Kavuu 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 3 administrative regions : Mlele, Nkasi, Sumbawanga Rural
Sub-basin area
903,2km²
Upstream area
15 601km²
Discharge
97,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 118m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kavuu River1029 km²
- Bassin de Kavuu River223 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 449.0 km²49.9% of basin
- 244.0 km²27.1% of basin
- 206.3 km²22.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
129.89 km² overlap
Katavi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
81.94 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
77 distinct species · 117 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
252mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
783mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
177cm
Forest
44%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)