HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303100
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
1 471km²
Upstream area
1 471,4km²
Discharge
8,36m³/s
Mean elev.
344m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1441.9 km²98.4% of basin
- 22.9 km²1.6% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1464.80 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1464.80 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 15 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 211mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
180mm/an
PET
1 440mm
AET
896mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
169cm
Forest
48%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)