Chala Hills
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
32 km²
Commune · TZA
Mkwamba
Tanzania
AwTropical, savannah(61 %)
Species observed
28
Observations
49
Area
561,7km²
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Species present
28 distinct species · 49 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Climate
Mean T°
19,3°C
Annual rain
839mm
Warmest m°
26,7°C
Coldest m°
12,5°C
Elevation: 1 606 m on average (min 1 072 m, max 2 014 m)
Bioclimatic details19 BIO + Köppen full + altitude statsExpert
Annual mean temp.
19,3°C
Annual rain
839mm
Warmest month
26,7°C
Coldest month
12,5°C
Mean alt.
1 606m
Min
1 072m
Max
2 014m
Std. dev.
162m
Köppen-Geiger (dominant)
AwTropical, savannah(61 %)Tropical
CHELSA BIO 1-19 v2.1 · ETOPO DEM 60s · Köppen-Geiger 1991-2020 (Beck et al. 2018)
Soil & lithology
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
17,0g/kg
Clay
23,7%
Sand
64,2%
Silt
12,1%
Average over 0-30 cm. Per-depth details in expert panel.
Dominant lithology: ssGLiMaggregated to Nkasi
3 soil depths detailed0-5cm / 5-15cm / 15-30cm × 5 propsExpert
0–5 cm
pH H₂O
5,6
Org. C
22,3g/kg
Clay
22,9%
Sand
64,8%
Silt
12,3%
5–15 cm
pH H₂O
5,5
Org. C
17,1g/kg
Clay
23,4%
Sand
64,5%
Silt
12,2%
15–30 cm
pH H₂O
5,4
Org. C
11,6g/kg
Clay
24,8%
Sand
63,3%
Silt
11,9%
SoilGrids 250m (ISRIC, 2017) · GLiM v1.0 (Hartmann & Moosdorf 2012)
Land cover
Forest17.8%
Crops34.1%
Built-up0.1%
Bare soil0.4%
Other (grassland, water…)47.6%
Copernicus Global Land Cover 100m (Buchhorn et al. 2020)
Hydrology3 basins · 0 lakes · 0 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Basins crossed
3
Max drainage
15 601km²
Discharge in basins
23,2m³/s
Mean precip.
934mm/an
Mean T°
25,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,49
Mean runoff
243mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 289m
Watersheds crossing here
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Human pressure
Pop. density
0hab/km²
Night light
0,0nW
Built-up
9,7%
Pesticides
0,0kg/km²
GHSL POP/Built 2020 · VIIRS lumière nocturne · PEST-CHEMGRIDS 2020 (Maggi et al.)
Protected areas1
IUCN Not Reported · 1
WDPA (World Database on Protected Areas) — UNEP-WCMC & IUCN