HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317520
Bassin · #1081317520
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
861,8km²
Upstream area
862km²
Discharge
7,88m³/s
Mean elev.
331m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 501.3 km²58.4% of basin
- 356.9 km²41.6% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Liwale WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
298.90 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
282.10 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
230.57 km² overlap
Lungonya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 7 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 084mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
276mm/an
PET
1 528mm
AET
880mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
101cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
56%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)