HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081366940
Bassin · #1081366940
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 3 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi, Nyasa
Sub-basin area
1 496,6km²
Upstream area
1 496,6km²
Discharge
20,16m³/s
Mean elev.
645m
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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 357mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,10
Runoff
461mm/an
PET
1 507mm
AET
930mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
118cm
Forest
21%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)