HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303150
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
182,6km²
Upstream area
69 759,6km²
Discharge
819,14m³/s
Mean elev.
188m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rufiji939 km²
- Bassin de Rufiji409 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 166.4 km²91.5% of basin
- 15.4 km²8.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
181.81 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
181.81 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
128.93 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 202mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 446mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
160cm
Forest
3%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)