HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309970
Bassin · #1081309970
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 : Chunya, Mbarali, Mbeya Rural, Mbeya Urban, Songwe
Sub-basin area
4 445,1km²
Upstream area
7 692,2km²
Discharge
39,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 385m
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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 085mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
212mm/an
PET
1 628mm
AET
852mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
339cm
Forest
19%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)