HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081338480
Bassin de Chimbilili
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 7 administrative regions : Lake Malawi, Nyika N.P. - Chitipa, Nyika National Park - Rumphi, Nyipa N. P. - Karonga, SC Mwirang'ombe +2
Sub-basin area
1 068,5km²
Upstream area
1 068,5km²
Discharge
6,76m³/s
Mean elev.
970m
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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 145mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
214mm/an
PET
1 541mm
AET
869mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
240cm
Forest
43%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)