HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081339140
Bassin · #1081339140
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
551,9km²
Upstream area
551,9km²
Discharge
3,09m³/s
Mean elev.
777m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 intersecting protected areas
Mbarang'andu WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
267.71 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
71.56 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
50.07 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
44.03 km² overlap
North East Undendeule
IUCN IVForest Reserve
3.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
58 distinct species · 59 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 185mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
1 530mm
AET
874mm
Mean slope
3,4°
Water table
227cm
Forest
90%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)