HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294650
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 3 administrative regions : Lake Rukwa, Mlele
Sub-basin area
929,1km²
Upstream area
22 147,5km²
Discharge
141,34m³/s
Mean elev.
879m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River419 km²
- Bassin de Rungwa River321 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 663.8 km²71.8% of basin
- 249.4 km²27.0% of basin
- 12.0 km²1.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
387.35 km² overlap
Katavi National Park
IUCN IINational Park
210.61 km² overlap
Mlele GCA
IUCN VIGame controlled area
0.01 km² overlap
Mlele G.C.A.(S)
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 56 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
919mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
209mm/an
PET
1 813mm
AET
776mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
162cm
Forest
8%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)