HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390650
Bassin · #1081390650
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lago, Lake Malawi, Lichinga
Sub-basin area
199,8km²
Upstream area
101 015,8km²
Discharge
519,94m³/s
Mean elev.
476m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813874402407 km²
- Bassin de Lifuliza1390 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 102.1 km²51.3% of basin
- 64.2 km²32.2% of basin
- Lake Malawi32.8 km²16.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
152.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 262mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
241mm/an
PET
1 560mm
AET
872mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)