HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317140
Bassin de Mkuju
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 : Liwale, Ulanga
Sub-basin area
206,5km²
Upstream area
10 416,3km²
Discharge
80,09m³/s
Mean elev.
304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mbarangandu River4583 km²
- Bassin de Mkuju78 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 133.7 km²65.0% of basin
- 72.0 km²35.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
205.62 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
205.62 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
52.13 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 30 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mkuju : 12 espèces reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 16.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,9°C
Annual rain
1 172mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
413mm/an
PET
1 482mm
AET
870mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
181cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)