HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309190
Bassin de Chimala
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 : Makete, Mbarali, Mbeya Rural, Rungwe
Sub-basin area
1 979,6km²
Upstream area
1 979,6km²
Discharge
13,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 418m
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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 236mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
1 600mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
4,0°
Water table
152cm
Forest
23%
Crops
11%
Urban
4%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)