HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081387480
Bassin de Lifuliza
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 11 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi, Nkhotakota Game Reserve, SC Mwansambo, SC Nthondo +6
Sub-basin area
1 390,1km²
Upstream area
1 390,3km²
Discharge
8,81m³/s
Mean elev.
671m
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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 139mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
200mm/an
PET
1 545mm
AET
836mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
122cm
Forest
26%
Crops
16%
Urban
4%
Protected
21%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)