HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080041770
Bassin · #1080041770
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Chilwa, Mecanhelas, Milange, SC Mkumbira
Sub-basin area
254,9km²
Upstream area
8 783,6km²
Discharge
114,02m³/s
Mean elev.
638m
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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 371mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
531mm/an
PET
1 662mm
AET
1 025mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
46cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)