HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355470
Bassin · #1081355470
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Mbinga, Nyasa, TA Mtwalo, TA Musisya
Sub-basin area
1 438,7km²
Upstream area
56 133,9km²
Discharge
358,88m³/s
Mean elev.
670m
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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
1 325mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
219mm/an
PET
1 564mm
AET
976mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
102cm
Forest
26%
Crops
10%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)