HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081319570
Bassin · #1081319570
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 1 administrative regions : Liwale
Sub-basin area
126,4km²
Upstream area
7 753,2km²
Discharge
79,61m³/s
Mean elev.
319m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813201602667 km²
- Bassin de Murembwi1123 km²
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
95.37 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
92.90 km² overlap
Liwale WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
56.78 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 13 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°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 052mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
298mm/an
PET
1 519mm
AET
860mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
150cm
Forest
23%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
76%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)