HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317500
Bassin · #1081317500
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
654,6km²
Upstream area
11 125,5km²
Discharge
108,45m³/s
Mean elev.
320m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081318360468 km²
- Bassin · #108131851058 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 619.6 km²95.0% of basin
- 32.3 km²5.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
618.37 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
613.05 km² overlap
Liwale WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
185.89 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
98.95 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 21 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 125mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
263mm/an
PET
1 504mm
AET
892mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
156cm
Forest
8%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)