HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331730
Bassin de Lufira
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 10 administrative regions across 2 countries : Isoka, Lake Malawi, Mafinga, SC Mwakaboko, TA Kilupula +5
Sub-basin area
2 081,3km²
Upstream area
2 081,3km²
Discharge
15,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 132m
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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 363mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
246mm/an
PET
1 527mm
AET
948mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
278cm
Forest
47%
Crops
15%
Urban
5%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)