HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081354410
Bassin de Luwewe
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chama, Nyika National Park - Rumphi, TA Chikulamayembe, TA Katumbi, TA Mpherembe +2
Sub-basin area
1 052,3km²
Upstream area
1 052,3km²
Discharge
4,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 236m
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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
824mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,48
Runoff
145mm/an
PET
1 586mm
AET
689mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
174cm
Forest
24%
Crops
9%
Urban
1%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)