HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081402010
Bassin · #1081402010
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 : N'gauma, SC Namabvi, TA Katuli, TA Makanjila
Sub-basin area
474,5km²
Upstream area
474,6km²
Discharge
4,34m³/s
Mean elev.
1 085m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 439.8 km²93.0% of basin
- 20.5 km²4.3% of basin
- 10.4 km²2.2% of basin
- 2.1 km²0.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Namizimu
IUCN VIForest Reserve
36.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
103 distinct species · 130 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
292mm/an
PET
1 499mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
278cm
Forest
56%
Crops
16%
Urban
1%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)