HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081337550
Bassin · #1081337550
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 : Ludewa, Mbinga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
271,9km²
Upstream area
3 547,8km²
Discharge
33,57m³/s
Mean elev.
781m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081336000402 km²
- Bassin · #108133590064 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 189.4 km²69.9% of basin
- 65.7 km²24.3% of basin
- 15.6 km²5.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Litumbandyosi O.A./Gezamasua F.R.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
217.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 162mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
291mm/an
PET
1 563mm
AET
879mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
181cm
Forest
28%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)