HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332890
Bassin · #1081332890
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 4 administrative regions : Kilwa, Liwale, Nachingwea, Ruangwa
Sub-basin area
189,1km²
Upstream area
9 461km²
Discharge
82,85m³/s
Mean elev.
273m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081333370837 km²
- Bassin · #1081333480105 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 142.4 km²75.6% of basin
- 20.2 km²10.7% of basin
- 15.0 km²8.0% of basin
- 10.8 km²5.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Kilwa O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
28.46 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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
886mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
261mm/an
PET
1 671mm
AET
749mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
159cm
Forest
88%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)