HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317400
Bassin · #1081317400
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 3 administrative regions : Mbozi, Momba, Tunduma
Sub-basin area
162,6km²
Upstream area
1 067,3km²
Discharge
24,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 122m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081318580429 km²
- Bassin · #10813186906 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 90.9 km²56.1% of basin
- 47.5 km²29.3% of basin
- TundumaSongwe · Tanzania23.6 km²14.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Isalala
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
30.85 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 103mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
401mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
900mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
239cm
Forest
5%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)