HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081324080
Bassin · #1081324080
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 5 administrative regions across 3 countries : Ileje, Mbozi, Nakonde, TA Kameme, Tunduma
Sub-basin area
431,5km²
Upstream area
431,5km²
Discharge
8,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 480m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 189.1 km²44.0% of basin
- 138.0 km²32.1% of basin
- TundumaSongwe · Tanzania77.7 km²18.1% of basin
- 21.6 km²5.0% of basin
- 3.3 km²0.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Ntazu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
3.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 19 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 194mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
1 538mm
AET
909mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
281cm
Forest
27%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)