HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080048450
Bassin de Masaweng River
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 : Finschhafen, Kabwum, Tewae-Siassi
Sub-basin area
228,6km²
Upstream area
228,7km²
Discharge
12,04m³/s
Mean elev.
940m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 127.8 km²56.2% of basin
- 89.9 km²39.5% of basin
- 9.9 km²4.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
52 distinct species · 71 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
2 746mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
1 876mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
1 471mm
Mean slope
18,9°
Water table
557cm
Forest
71%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)