HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294400
Bassin · #1081294400
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 : Lake Rukwa, Mlele, Nkasi, Sumbawanga Rural
Sub-basin area
225,9km²
Upstream area
16 145,1km²
Discharge
99,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 123m
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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
926mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
255mm/an
PET
1 777mm
AET
782mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
198cm
Forest
34%
Crops
9%
Urban
2%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)