HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332580
Bassin · #1081332580
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Ludewa, Makete, Njombe Urban, Wanging'ombe
Sub-basin area
1 195,4km²
Upstream area
14 065,7km²
Discharge
181,56m³/s
Mean elev.
1 820m
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°
16,6°C
Annual rain
1 315mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
415mm/an
PET
1 390mm
AET
886mm
Mean slope
9,2°
Water table
363cm
Forest
54%
Crops
27%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)