HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081347090
Bassin de South 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 11 administrative regions : Lake Malawi, Nyika National Park - Rumphi, SC Jaravikuba Munthali, SC Kachulu, SC Mwahenga +6
Sub-basin area
1 205,9km²
Upstream area
12 277,8km²
Discharge
37,29m³/s
Mean elev.
1 218m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 141mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
887mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
258cm
Forest
45%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)