HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081315120
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 2 administrative regions : Kilwa, Liwale
Sub-basin area
549,2km²
Upstream area
12 883,8km²
Discharge
123,17m³/s
Mean elev.
205m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081316810289 km²
- Bassin · #108131687058 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 532.0 km²97.3% of basin
- 15.0 km²2.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
287.81 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
257.63 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
251.66 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
196.08 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 21 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
1 224mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
1 509mm
AET
944mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
134cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
47%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)