HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081310370
Bassin · #1081310370
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 : Chunya, Mbarali, Mbeya Rural
Sub-basin area
712km²
Upstream area
712,2km²
Discharge
4,09m³/s
Mean elev.
1 279m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 436.3 km²61.5% of basin
- 272.3 km²38.4% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ruaha National Park
IUCN IINational Park
276.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 027mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 665mm
AET
852mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
230cm
Forest
1%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)