HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012590
Bassin de Rio Limpopo
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 5 administrative regions : Bilene, Chibuto, Chókwè, Mandlakazi, Xai-Xai
Sub-basin area
2 666,7km²
Upstream area
407 139km²
Discharge
308,77m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
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°
23,1°C
Annual rain
869mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
736mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
137cm
Forest
67%
Crops
5%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)