HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081394160
Bassin de Nkula
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 9 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Malawi, Lichinga, SC Mwansambo, TA Chikho, TA Kasakula +1
Sub-basin area
1 709,4km²
Upstream area
104 988,7km²
Discharge
555,66m³/s
Mean elev.
543m
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°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 115mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
212mm/an
PET
1 574mm
AET
829mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
45cm
Forest
2%
Crops
18%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)