HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400780
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 4 administrative regions : Lilongwe City, SC Tsabango, TA Chimutu, TA Mazengera
Sub-basin area
262,7km²
Upstream area
3 079,3km²
Discharge
12,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 091m
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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
858mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
175mm/an
PET
1 566mm
AET
724mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
223cm
Forest
0%
Crops
11%
Urban
52%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)