HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081338380
Bassin · #1081338380
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Ludewa
Sub-basin area
623,8km²
Upstream area
19 606,7km²
Discharge
212,72m³/s
Mean elev.
601m
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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 074mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
306mm/an
PET
1 589mm
AET
851mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
79cm
Forest
13%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)