HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081346530
Bassin · #1081346530
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
838,4km²
Upstream area
838,4km²
Discharge
8,27m³/s
Mean elev.
669m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 528.3 km²63.3% of basin
- 306.7 km²36.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Muhuwesi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
419.60 km² overlap
Muhuwesi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
419.47 km² overlap
Nyerere National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
7.70 km² overlap
Selous G.R
IUCN IVGame Reserve
2.27 km² overlap
Selous Game Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
1.05 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
998mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
337mm/an
PET
1 576mm
AET
820mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
215cm
Forest
69%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
50%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)