HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356740
Bassin · #1081356740
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 : Nachingwea, Nanyumbu
Sub-basin area
1 331,7km²
Upstream area
1 331,7km²
Discharge
16,33m³/s
Mean elev.
353m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1223.4 km²92.2% of basin
- 103.0 km²7.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lukwika-Lumesule G.R.
IUCN Not ReportedGame Reserve
3.34 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 29 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°
25,6°C
Annual rain
930mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
386mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
785mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
176cm
Forest
35%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)