HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081327680
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
274,9km²
Upstream area
6 409,1km²
Discharge
56,46m³/s
Mean elev.
663m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwegu921 km²
- Bassin de Luwegu459 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 188.1 km²68.7% of basin
- 85.7 km²31.3% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
273.76 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
273.76 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
273.76 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
81.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 336mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
1 522mm
AET
910mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
330cm
Forest
96%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)