HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080013200
Bassin de uMngeni 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 : Umgungundlovu, eThekwini, iLembe
Sub-basin area
967,9km²
Upstream area
4 474,3km²
Discharge
25,75m³/s
Mean elev.
455m
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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
918mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
254mm/an
PET
1 290mm
AET
778mm
Mean slope
9,1°
Water table
549cm
Forest
70%
Crops
20%
Urban
45%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)