HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081320570
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 3 administrative regions : Mbeya Rural, Mbeya Urban, Rungwe
Sub-basin area
217,2km²
Upstream area
217,2km²
Discharge
2,91m³/s
Mean elev.
2 160m
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°
15,6°C
Annual rain
2 160mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,37
Runoff
423mm/an
PET
1 323mm
AET
993mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
274cm
Forest
99%
Crops
3%
Urban
14%
Protected
64%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)