HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081321030
Bassin de Mkuju
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 : Liwale, Namtumbo, Ulanga
Sub-basin area
1 904,6km²
Upstream area
5 157km²
Discharge
34,5m³/s
Mean elev.
529m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mkuju1088 km²
- Bassin · #1081334880364 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 874.0 km²46.1% of basin
- 623.7 km²32.9% of basin
- 399.1 km²21.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
1896.82 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1891.18 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1868.51 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
724.07 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 18 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 114mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
329mm/an
PET
1 530mm
AET
860mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
202cm
Forest
55%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)