HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081313720
Bassin de Saisi
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 : Kalambo, Sumbawanga Rural
Sub-basin area
274km²
Upstream area
2 915,7km²
Discharge
38,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 566m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Saisi372 km²
- Bassin de Saisi9 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 210.7 km²77.2% of basin
- 62.2 km²22.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 27 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
957mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
398mm/an
PET
1 569mm
AET
805mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
238cm
Forest
9%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)