HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081302670
Bassin de Rufiji
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
90,9km²
Upstream area
71 321,9km²
Discharge
828,04m³/s
Mean elev.
216m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rufiji1471 km²
- Bassin de Rufiji183 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 72.5 km²80.1% of basin
- 18.0 km²19.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
90.54 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
90.54 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
76.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 208mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
188mm/an
PET
1 445mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
164cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)