HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081358000
Bassin · #1081358000
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 across 2 countries : Namtumbo, Sanga, Songea Rural
Sub-basin area
203,9km²
Upstream area
5 914,8km²
Discharge
61,19m³/s
Mean elev.
599m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813552301705 km²
- Bassin · #10813552403 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 116.1 km²57.1% of basin
- 86.9 km²42.8% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Magwamila O.A.
IUCN Not ReportedOpen area
34.74 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 199mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
396mm/an
PET
1 568mm
AET
881mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
114cm
Forest
52%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)