HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081325530
Bassin de Songwe River
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 across 2 countries : Ileje, Mbeya Rural, TA Mwabulambya
Sub-basin area
245,9km²
Upstream area
1 970,3km²
Discharge
27,4m³/s
Mean elev.
1 521m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Songwe River570 km²
- Bassin de Songwe River421 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 192.5 km²78.6% of basin
- 51.4 km²21.0% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 37 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
1 450mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
388mm/an
PET
1 488mm
AET
976mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
396cm
Forest
48%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)