HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081315800
Bassin · #1081315800
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 : Kilombero, Ulanga
Sub-basin area
169,8km²
Upstream area
9 683,4km²
Discharge
83,6m³/s
Mean elev.
285m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ruaha461 km²
- Bassin · #108131728017 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 87.4 km²51.7% of basin
- 81.7 km²48.3% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Kilombero GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
169.12 km² overlap
Kilombero Valley Floodplain
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
169.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
25,9°C
Annual rain
1 298mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
438mm/an
PET
1 590mm
AET
919mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
5cm
Forest
9%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)