HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081334970
Bassin de Mkuju
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 : Liwale, Namtumbo, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
1 088,3km²
Upstream area
2 888,9km²
Discharge
14,69m³/s
Mean elev.
679m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813392001248 km²
- Bassin · #1081339140552 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 491.4 km²45.3% of basin
- 410.5 km²37.9% of basin
- 182.0 km²16.8% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1077.06 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
1075.85 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1035.26 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
279.74 km² overlap
Tunduru WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
6.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
56 distinct species · 66 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mkuju : 4 espèces reliées par 3 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 121mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
222mm/an
PET
1 542mm
AET
864mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
225cm
Forest
67%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)