HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081324790
Bassin de Luwegu
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 : Ulanga
Sub-basin area
682,3km²
Upstream area
9 455,5km²
Discharge
103,89m³/s
Mean elev.
598m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwegu921 km²
- Bassin de Luwegu222 km²
4 intersecting protected areas
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
678.49 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
677.17 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
673.33 km² overlap
Mahenge O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
2.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 6 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 303mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
553mm/an
PET
1 505mm
AET
899mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
318cm
Forest
73%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)