HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081346730
Bassin · #1081346730
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 : Masasi, Nachingwea, Nanyumbu
Sub-basin area
692,1km²
Upstream area
692,2km²
Discharge
8,53m³/s
Mean elev.
401m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 366.8 km²53.2% of basin
- 238.3 km²34.6% of basin
- 84.2 km²12.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Msanjesi GR/Kipitimbi/Lionja FR
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
112.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 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°
25,2°C
Annual rain
898mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
388mm/an
PET
1 715mm
AET
758mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
95cm
Forest
35%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)