HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355610
Bassin de Ruvuo 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 6 administrative regions : Lake Malawi, Mzuzu City, SC Nyaluwanga, TA Mtwalo, TA Musisya +1
Sub-basin area
873,5km²
Upstream area
873,5km²
Discharge
4,64m³/s
Mean elev.
816m
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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
1 333mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 535mm
AET
983mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
207cm
Forest
48%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)