HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329970
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
459,1km²
Upstream area
5 213,5km²
Discharge
41,45m³/s
Mean elev.
650m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwegu664 km²
- Bassin de Luwegu623 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 444.4 km²97.2% of basin
- 12.8 km²2.8% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
448.76 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
448.65 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
446.69 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
275.64 km² overlap
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
8.46 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 304mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
374mm/an
PET
1 537mm
AET
904mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
288cm
Forest
100%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
98%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)