HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081398870
Bassin de Bua
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 : Chipata, Mchinji Boma, SC Mavwere, SC Mduwa, TA Khongoni +4
Sub-basin area
739,9km²
Upstream area
739,9km²
Discharge
3,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 147m
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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
980mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
823mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
179cm
Forest
14%
Crops
10%
Urban
9%
Protected
9%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)