HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081156550
Bassin · #1081156550
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 : Lake Victoria, Mbita, Suba
Sub-basin area
1 312,1km²
Upstream area
10 004,7km²
Discharge
82,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 039mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 725mm
AET
879mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)