HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081334800
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
537,1km²
Upstream area
2 809,7km²
Discharge
19,41m³/s
Mean elev.
766m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813380601518 km²
- Bassin · #1081338070755 km²
5 intersecting protected areas
Mbarang'andu WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
402.05 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
8.05 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
7.38 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
5.59 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
2.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 18 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 245mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
242mm/an
PET
1 533mm
AET
885mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
274cm
Forest
99%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
95%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)