HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081346840
Bassin de Luwumbu
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 across 2 countries : Chama, Mafinga, Nyika N.P. - Chitipa, Nyika National Park - Rumphi, TA Katumbi +2
Sub-basin area
1 074,9km²
Upstream area
2 146,4km²
Discharge
12,61m³/s
Mean elev.
1 318m
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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
945mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
168mm/an
PET
1 545mm
AET
776mm
Mean slope
4,8°
Water table
248cm
Forest
73%
Crops
29%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)