HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081344970
Bassin · #1081344970
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, Nyipa N. P. - Karonga, TA Wasambo
Sub-basin area
2 254km²
Upstream area
22 929,2km²
Discharge
221,23m³/s
Mean elev.
643m
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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 049mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
236mm/an
PET
1 587mm
AET
844mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
119cm
Forest
19%
Crops
10%
Urban
2%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)