HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081304630
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 1 administrative regions : Ulanga
Sub-basin area
26,5km²
Upstream area
24 282,2km²
Discharge
333,49m³/s
Mean elev.
254m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813057002752 km²
- Bassin · #1081305620576 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Kilombero GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
26.39 km² overlap
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
26.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
66 distinct species · 962 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 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 : 15 espèces reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 397mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
453mm/an
PET
1 380mm
AET
875mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
3cm
Forest
22%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)