HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332340
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 1 administrative regions : Namtumbo
Sub-basin area
664,3km²
Upstream area
664,3km²
Discharge
6,83m³/s
Mean elev.
873m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 intersecting protected areas
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
379.79 km² overlap
Mbarang'andu WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
183.45 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
81.06 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
80.73 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
77.81 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
0.35 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 36 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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 387mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
332mm/an
PET
1 519mm
AET
918mm
Mean slope
4,5°
Water table
225cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)