HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081333370
Bassin · #1081333370
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 : Liwale, Nachingwea
Sub-basin area
837,2km²
Upstream area
837,2km²
Discharge
7,42m³/s
Mean elev.
350m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 833.6 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Nyera/Kiperere
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
356.53 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
891mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
281mm/an
PET
1 619mm
AET
753mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
97cm
Forest
10%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)