HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081350160
Bassin de Ruvuma River
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 3 administrative regions : Mbinga, Songea Rural, Songea Urban
Sub-basin area
1 835,3km²
Upstream area
1 835,3km²
Discharge
19,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 036m
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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
1 195mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
334mm/an
PET
1 520mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
229cm
Forest
56%
Crops
8%
Urban
4%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)