HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081311890
Bassin de Kalambo
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 across 2 countries : Kalambo, Lake Tanganyika, Mbala, Mpulungu
Sub-basin area
406,1km²
Upstream area
3 410,2km²
Discharge
37,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 261m
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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 116mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
330mm/an
PET
1 659mm
AET
897mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
261cm
Forest
67%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)