HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081312640
Bassin · #1081312640
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 : Makambako Town, Mufindi, Wanging'ombe
Sub-basin area
347,4km²
Upstream area
347,4km²
Discharge
1,6m³/s
Mean elev.
1 450m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 198.4 km²57.4% of basin
- 133.9 km²38.7% of basin
- 13.6 km²3.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
888mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
160mm/an
PET
1 590mm
AET
747mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
241cm
Forest
1%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)