HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081316810
Bassin · #1081316810
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
288,6km²
Upstream area
288,7km²
Discharge
2,2m³/s
Mean elev.
312m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 285.7 km²99.4% of basin
- 1.7 km²0.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
287.36 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
287.36 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
200.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 15 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 172mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
241mm/an
PET
1 488mm
AET
911mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
122cm
Forest
11%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)