HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081306920
Bassin · #1081306920
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
666,9km²
Upstream area
666,9km²
Discharge
4,01m³/s
Mean elev.
422m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 664.0 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
664.12 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
663.91 km² overlap
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
0.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
45 distinct species · 71 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 185mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
191mm/an
PET
1 445mm
AET
896mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
187cm
Forest
49%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)