HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080012840
Bassin de Mseleni
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 : Maputo, Matutuíne, Umkhanyakude
Sub-basin area
2 458,3km²
Upstream area
2 458,3km²
Discharge
1,51m³/s
Mean elev.
42m
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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
885mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
181mm/an
PET
1 451mm
AET
750mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
167cm
Forest
74%
Crops
15%
Urban
1%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)