HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081310250
Bassin de Kihansi 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 3 administrative regions : Kilolo, Kilombero, Mufindi
Sub-basin area
1 320,3km²
Upstream area
1 320,3km²
Discharge
13,66m³/s
Mean elev.
1 123m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 636.7 km²48.4% of basin
- 528.3 km²40.2% of basin
- 149.8 km²11.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
334.17 km² overlap
Kilombero GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
311.62 km² overlap
Uzunwga Scarp
IUCN Not ReportedNature Forest Reserve
147.10 km² overlap
Mufindi Tea Estate Land
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
7.95 km² overlap
Idewa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
948 distinct species · 3 642 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 22 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 Kihansi River : 17 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 7.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
1 302mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
325mm/an
PET
1 489mm
AET
907mm
Mean slope
7,8°
Water table
248cm
Forest
83%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)