HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081351220
Bassin de Runyina
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 : Chama, Nyika N.P. - Chitipa, Nyika National Park - Rumphi, TA Chikulamayembe
Sub-basin area
916,1km²
Upstream area
916,6km²
Discharge
3,76m³/s
Mean elev.
1 658m
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°
18,1°C
Annual rain
1 026mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
132mm/an
PET
1 467mm
AET
798mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
360cm
Forest
61%
Crops
21%
Urban
1%
Protected
63%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)