HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081295640
Bassin · #1081295640
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 : Lake Rukwa, Sumbawanga Rural, Sumbawanga Urban
Sub-basin area
685,8km²
Upstream area
18 127,6km²
Discharge
105,39m³/s
Mean elev.
939m
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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
222mm/an
PET
1 771mm
AET
789mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
82cm
Forest
29%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)