HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081303720
Bassin · #1081303720
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
596km²
Upstream area
4 495km²
Discharge
26,37m³/s
Mean elev.
170m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081306920667 km²
- Bassin · #1081306930304 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 337.8 km²56.9% of basin
- 255.7 km²43.1% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
324.99 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
321.07 km² overlap
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
278.75 km² overlap
Kichi Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
10.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
73 distinct species · 160 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°
25,4°C
Annual rain
1 055mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
146mm/an
PET
1 485mm
AET
869mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
81cm
Forest
40%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)