HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303710
Bassin · #1081303710
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 : Liwale, Rufiji
Sub-basin area
678,5km²
Upstream area
678,8km²
Discharge
3,75m³/s
Mean elev.
292m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 611.0 km²90.4% of basin
- 64.7 km²9.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
675.68 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
675.68 km² overlap
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
0.03 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 59 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
1 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
174mm/an
PET
1 465mm
AET
885mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
103cm
Forest
47%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)