HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081348520
Bassin · #1081348520
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Mbinga, Nyasa
Sub-basin area
1 123,3km²
Upstream area
1 123,3km²
Discharge
9,72m³/s
Mean elev.
842m
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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 187mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
1 543mm
AET
901mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
161cm
Forest
26%
Crops
8%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)