HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081379000
Bassin · #1081379000
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
559,2km²
Upstream area
559,3km²
Discharge
6,92m³/s
Mean elev.
500m
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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 371mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
400mm/an
PET
1 506mm
AET
888mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
43cm
Forest
7%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)