HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081299320
Bassin · #1081299320
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, Songwe, Sumbawanga Rural
Sub-basin area
2 519,3km²
Upstream area
33 014,1km²
Discharge
238,16m³/s
Mean elev.
1 044m
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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
971mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 767mm
AET
820mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
249cm
Forest
38%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
57%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)