HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332380
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
622,5km²
Upstream area
4 090,2km²
Discharge
29,82m³/s
Mean elev.
737m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luwegu657 km²
- Bassin de Luwegu537 km²
6 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
520.37 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
509.82 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
502.30 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
468.29 km² overlap
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
72.69 km² overlap
Mbarang'andu WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
2.76 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 3 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 277mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
1 532mm
AET
894mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
256cm
Forest
100%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
86%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)