HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081314790
Bassin de Matandu 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 1 administrative regions : Kilwa
Sub-basin area
144,5km²
Upstream area
14 079km²
Discharge
132,88m³/s
Mean elev.
161m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Matandu River1051 km²
- Bassin de Matandu River549 km²
2 intersecting protected areas
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
82.36 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
17.49 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 268mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
213mm/an
PET
1 501mm
AET
966mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
137cm
Forest
2%
Crops
2%
Urban
2%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)