HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081302580
Bassin · #1081302580
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 : Kilombero, Liwale
Sub-basin area
262,7km²
Upstream area
262,7km²
Discharge
1,61m³/s
Mean elev.
248m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 259.4 km²99.1% of basin
- 2.3 km²0.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
261.63 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
261.63 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
261.54 km² overlap
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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 233mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
193mm/an
PET
1 438mm
AET
899mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
148cm
Forest
14%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)