HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081320560
Bassin de Kiwira River
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 2 administrative regions : Mbeya Rural, Rungwe
Sub-basin area
229,4km²
Upstream area
229,4km²
Discharge
3,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 804m
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°
17,5°C
Annual rain
1 620mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
418mm/an
PET
1 421mm
AET
986mm
Mean slope
8,9°
Water table
288cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
10%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)