HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081314650
Bassin · #1081314650
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 : Kilwa, Rufiji
Sub-basin area
617,4km²
Upstream area
617,5km²
Discharge
3,46m³/s
Mean elev.
303m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 605.8 km²98.5% of basin
- 9.0 km²1.5% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
81.42 km² overlap
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
60.57 km² overlap
Mbinga Kimaji / Kimate
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
19.45 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 60 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 185mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 450mm
AET
921mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
269cm
Forest
54%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)