HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081381980
Bassin · #1081381980
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
1 940,1km²
Upstream area
1 940,3km²
Discharge
26,38m³/s
Mean elev.
652m
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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 377mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
474mm/an
PET
1 496mm
AET
889mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
142cm
Forest
35%
Crops
14%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)