HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081316870
Bassin · #1081316870
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
58,2km²
Upstream area
12 045,8km²
Discharge
116,8m³/s
Mean elev.
215m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081317520862 km²
- Bassin · #1081317500655 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 39.6 km²68.3% of basin
- 18.4 km²31.7% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
57.97 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
57.97 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
29.71 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 9 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 165mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
254mm/an
PET
1 518mm
AET
917mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
75cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)