HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329900
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
920,9km²
Upstream area
920,9km²
Discharge
11,76m³/s
Mean elev.
844m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 657.2 km²71.7% of basin
- 260.0 km²28.3% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
399.58 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
396.60 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
393.14 km² overlap
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
305.50 km² overlap
Mwantisi O.A (S)
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
215.05 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 43 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 447mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
413mm/an
PET
1 513mm
AET
933mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
282cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)