HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081381970
Bassin · #1081381970
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
91,4km²
Upstream area
83 381,1km²
Discharge
461,32m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081380200209 km²
- Bassin · #108138013080 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake Malawi89.6 km²98.4% of basin
- 1.5 km²1.6% of basin
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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 477mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,03
Runoff
289mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
916mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)