HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356220
Bassin · #1081356220
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Mbinga, Nyasa
Sub-basin area
878,1km²
Upstream area
878,1km²
Discharge
8,02m³/s
Mean elev.
774m
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°
22,6°C
Annual rain
1 366mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
299mm/an
PET
1 528mm
AET
970mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
105cm
Forest
29%
Crops
13%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)