HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081395520
Bassin de Mkushi
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Mkushi, Sakania
Sub-basin area
201,8km²
Upstream area
201,8km²
Discharge
1,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 491m
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°
18,3°C
Annual rain
1 056mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
240mm/an
PET
1 546mm
AET
818mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
238cm
Forest
93%
Crops
15%
Urban
2%
Protected
22%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)