HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081453350
Bassin · #1081453350
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 : Lengwe National Park, Mutarara, TA Ngabu
Sub-basin area
1 118km²
Upstream area
1 118km²
Discharge
4,3m³/s
Mean elev.
244m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1108.8 km²99.5% of basin
- 4.6 km²0.4% of basin
- 0.8 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lengwe National Park
IUCN IINational Park
0.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
21 distinct species · 25 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
775mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,57
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 817mm
AET
654mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
209cm
Forest
40%
Crops
12%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)