HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081367900
Bassin · #1081367900
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi
Sub-basin area
61,7km²
Upstream area
63 003km²
Discharge
355,31m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813669401497 km²
- Bassin · #1081366900382 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 31.1 km²50.7% of basin
- Lake Malawi30.3 km²49.3% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
21.18 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 440mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
383mm/an
PET
1 528mm
AET
961mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)