HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303190
Bassin · #1081303190
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 3 administrative regions : Chunya, Lake Rukwa, Songwe
Sub-basin area
2 190,9km²
Upstream area
2 191,4km²
Discharge
16,76m³/s
Mean elev.
1 251m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1803.1 km²82.6% of basin
- 348.6 km²16.0% of basin
- Lake RukwaSongwe · Tanzania29.9 km²1.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Chunya Lukawati O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
618.09 km² overlap
Chunya O.A (E)
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
550.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 49 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
978mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
258mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
825mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
467cm
Forest
39%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)