HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081399000
Bassin de Lilongwe River
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 5 administrative regions : SC Chitekwele, SC Tsabango, TA Chimutu, TA Kalumbu, TA Mazengera
Sub-basin area
373,5km²
Upstream area
4 084,4km²
Discharge
17,18m³/s
Mean elev.
1 097m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,6°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
193mm/an
PET
1 528mm
AET
741mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
302cm
Forest
0%
Crops
9%
Urban
21%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)