HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081297770
Bassin · #1081297770
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 : Lake Rukwa
Sub-basin area
5,8km²
Upstream area
42 856,6km²
Discharge
255,63m³/s
Mean elev.
801m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081297450739 km²
- Bassin · #1081297440188 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake RukwaSongwe · Tanzania5.7 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
945mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
279mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
798mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)