HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081306930
Bassin · #1081306930
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
304,4km²
Upstream area
3 232,7km²
Discharge
19,62m³/s
Mean elev.
304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813073001623 km²
- Bassin · #10813072101305 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 301.8 km²99.6% of basin
- 1.3 km²0.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
205.52 km² overlap
Kichi Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
14.38 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1.97 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.44 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.09 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 11 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 103mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
128mm/an
PET
1 450mm
AET
887mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
238cm
Forest
71%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
72%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)