HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317480
Bassin · #1081317480
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 across 2 countries : Momba, Nakonde, Tunduma
Sub-basin area
460,6km²
Upstream area
460,6km²
Discharge
9,27m³/s
Mean elev.
1 429m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TundumaSongwe · Tanzania297.5 km²64.8% of basin
- 157.2 km²34.3% of basin
- 4.0 km²0.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
62 distinct species · 120 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
990mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
417mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
827mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
256cm
Forest
29%
Crops
4%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)