HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390900
Bassin de Rusa
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 12 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chipangali, Chipata, Kasungu National Park, Lumezi, SC Chakhaza +7
Sub-basin area
2 563,2km²
Upstream area
2 563,2km²
Discharge
8,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 100m
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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
873mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
142mm/an
PET
1 650mm
AET
736mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
107cm
Forest
19%
Crops
19%
Urban
1%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)