HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081307300
Bassin · #1081307300
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 3 administrative regions : Kilwa, Liwale, Rufiji
Sub-basin area
1 623,1km²
Upstream area
1 623,2km²
Discharge
9,86m³/s
Mean elev.
216m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1058.8 km²65.5% of basin
- 410.0 km²25.4% of basin
- 147.4 km²9.1% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1337.15 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1097.94 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1089.77 km² overlap
Ngarambe-Tapika WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
112.87 km² overlap
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
0.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
718 distinct species · 1 710 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 155mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
193mm/an
PET
1 482mm
AET
911mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
106cm
Forest
16%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)