HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081318180
Bassin de Mwatishi
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 : Chiengi, Kawambwa, Nchelenge, Pweto
Sub-basin area
654,4km²
Upstream area
181 176,9km²
Discharge
1 325,76m³/s
Mean elev.
1 080m
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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
45mm/an
PET
1 693mm
AET
948mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
200cm
Forest
57%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)