HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332410
Bassin · #1081332410
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 3 administrative regions : Kilwa, Nachingwea, Ruangwa
Sub-basin area
142,7km²
Upstream area
10 406km²
Discharge
89,9m³/s
Mean elev.
265m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081332600802 km²
- Bassin · #1081332890189 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 99.3 km²69.9% of basin
- 41.8 km²29.4% of basin
- 1.0 km²0.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
99.81 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
912mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
771mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
163cm
Forest
88%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)