HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303550
Bassin de Kilombero River
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, Ulanga
Sub-basin area
453,2km²
Upstream area
31 869,2km²
Discharge
426,22m³/s
Mean elev.
281m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de LUMEMO675 km²
- Bassin de LUMEMO9 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 339.8 km²75.3% of basin
- 111.5 km²24.7% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Kilombero GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
371.72 km² overlap
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
369.68 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
158.33 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
150.25 km² overlap
Mahenge O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
20.71 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
10.67 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
331 distinct species · 6 966 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kilombero River : 23 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 442mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,05
Runoff
427mm/an
PET
1 365mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
55cm
Forest
51%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)