HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390330
Bassin de Msandile
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 : Chipangali, Chipata, Kasenengwa, Mambwe, TA Mkanda
Sub-basin area
2 282,9km²
Upstream area
2 283,1km²
Discharge
10,16m³/s
Mean elev.
897m
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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
933mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
143mm/an
PET
1 738mm
AET
786mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
220cm
Forest
18%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
44%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)