HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081325960
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 2 administrative regions : Namtumbo, Ulanga
Sub-basin area
222,3km²
Upstream area
7 852,3km²
Discharge
72,21m³/s
Mean elev.
562m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwegu1221 km²
- Bassin de Luwegu275 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 220.8 km²99.7% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
221.39 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
221.39 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
221.39 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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 302mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
521mm/an
PET
1 529mm
AET
904mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
285cm
Forest
64%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)