HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373460
Bassin · #1081373460
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 : Lago, Lake Malawi
Sub-basin area
654,3km²
Upstream area
67 118,7km²
Discharge
368,31m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
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°
24,8°C
Annual rain
1 401mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
381mm/an
PET
1 525mm
AET
930mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
38%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)