HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309710
Bassin · #1081309710
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 : Chunya, Mbarali
Sub-basin area
366,7km²
Upstream area
366,8km²
Discharge
1,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 341m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 285.9 km²78.3% of basin
- 79.3 km²21.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ruaha National Park
IUCN IINational Park
167.10 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 5 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
172mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
787mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
246cm
Forest
5%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)