HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337250
Bassin · #1081337250
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
191,9km²
Upstream area
708,1km²
Discharge
5,83m³/s
Mean elev.
907m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081338870327 km²
- Bassin · #1081338670189 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 189.4 km²99.1% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.9% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
12.29 km² overlap
Songea Fuel
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.70 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 31 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
1 264mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
280mm/an
PET
1 534mm
AET
896mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
159cm
Forest
78%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)