HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080009530
Bassin · #1080009530
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 2 administrative regions : Kilwa, Rufiji
Sub-basin area
996,7km²
Upstream area
996,8km²
Discharge
4,79m³/s
Mean elev.
130m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
25,7°C
Annual rain
1 128mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
136mm/an
PET
1 456mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
121cm
Forest
98%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)