HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081382340
Bassin · #1081382340
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
18,5km²
Upstream area
85 340km²
Discharge
483,16m³/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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 456mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
292mm/an
PET
1 526mm
AET
912mm
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)