HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081332790
Bassin de North Rukuru
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 : Chama, Karonga Town, Lake Malawi, Mafinga, Nyika N.P. - Chitipa +5
Sub-basin area
2 574,5km²
Upstream area
2 574,5km²
Discharge
12,8m³/s
Mean elev.
1 197m
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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 241mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
278cm
Forest
34%
Crops
15%
Urban
2%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)