HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081328470
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Ileje, Kyela, Lake Malawi, Rungwe
Sub-basin area
435,4km²
Upstream area
1 822,8km²
Discharge
25,18m³/s
Mean elev.
852m
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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
2 165mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
407mm/an
PET
1 606mm
AET
1 144mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
283cm
Forest
89%
Crops
2%
Urban
10%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)