HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081345290
Bassin · #1081345290
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 : Liwale, Tunduru
Sub-basin area
1 634,5km²
Upstream area
1 634,5km²
Discharge
15,9m³/s
Mean elev.
685m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1605.0 km²98.6% of basin
- 22.9 km²1.4% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Tunduru WMA
IUCN Not ReportedWildlife Management Area
412.93 km² overlap
Muhuwesi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
393.86 km² overlap
Muhuwesi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
393.82 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
42.04 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
18.02 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
12.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 18 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
1 055mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
314mm/an
PET
1 563mm
AET
840mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
166cm
Forest
56%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)