HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081351630
Bassin de Kasitu
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 10 administrative regions : Mzuzu City, SC Jaravikuba Munthali, SC Kampingo Sibande, SC Nyaluwanga, TA Chindi +5
Sub-basin area
2 309,6km²
Upstream area
2 309,7km²
Discharge
8,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 329m
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°
19,3°C
Annual rain
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
138mm/an
PET
1 515mm
AET
808mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
251cm
Forest
28%
Crops
8%
Urban
3%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)