HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337210
Bassin · #1081337210
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 : Namtumbo, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
452,1km²
Upstream area
452,1km²
Discharge
3,97m³/s
Mean elev.
923m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 251.8 km²55.9% of basin
- 198.4 km²44.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
240.09 km² overlap
Mbarang'andu WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
70.70 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 340mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
289mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
908mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
174cm
Forest
94%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
16%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)