HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081377750
Bassin de Dwangwa
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 : Nkhotakota Game Reserve, SC Khosolo Gwaza Jere, SC Simlemba, TA Kanyenda, TA Kapelula +1
Sub-basin area
865,5km²
Upstream area
6 656,8km²
Discharge
23,73m³/s
Mean elev.
962m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 150mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
194mm/an
PET
1 513mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
339cm
Forest
64%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
54%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)