HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081384270
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasungu National Park, Lumezi, Lundazi, SC Lukwa, TA Chulu +2
Sub-basin area
1 721,3km²
Upstream area
1 721,3km²
Discharge
5,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 109m
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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
856mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
124mm/an
PET
1 599mm
AET
722mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
162cm
Forest
70%
Crops
36%
Urban
0%
Protected
81%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)