HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081347560
Bassin · #1081347560
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mtwara Rural, Newala, Palma, Tandahimba
Sub-basin area
1 065,9km²
Upstream area
1 065,9km²
Discharge
12,27m³/s
Mean elev.
363m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 429.5 km²40.5% of basin
- 319.2 km²30.1% of basin
- 313.0 km²29.5% of basin
- Palma0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
22 distinct species · 36 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 174mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
339mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
923mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
158cm
Forest
99%
Crops
1%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)