HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081387440
Bassin · #1081387440
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi, Nkhotakota Boma, Nkhotakota Game Reserve, TA Malenga Chanzi
Sub-basin area
2 407,1km²
Upstream area
99 425,5km²
Discharge
509,8m³/s
Mean elev.
578m
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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 394mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
318mm/an
PET
1 523mm
AET
903mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
74cm
Forest
22%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)