HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295580
Bassin · #1081295580
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 : Lake Rukwa, Mlele
Sub-basin area
248,6km²
Upstream area
22 666,9km²
Discharge
142,65m³/s
Mean elev.
932m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rungwa River929 km²
- Bassin · #1081294560271 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 133.2 km²53.8% of basin
- 114.3 km²46.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lake Rukwa G.R
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
130.37 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 5 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 795mm
AET
784mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
231cm
Forest
13%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)