HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081300980
Bassin · #1081300980
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 : Rufiji
Sub-basin area
118,2km²
Upstream area
5 291,9km²
Discharge
30,64m³/s
Mean elev.
65m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081303710679 km²
- Bassin · #1081303720596 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
54.71 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
54.10 km² overlap
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
29.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
975mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
142mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
41cm
Forest
23%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
67%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)