HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081401790
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 9 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lilongwe City, Macanga, SC Njewa, SC Tsabango, TA Chadza +4
Sub-basin area
1 862,2km²
Upstream area
1 862,2km²
Discharge
8,35m³/s
Mean elev.
1 190m
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
928mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
1 604mm
AET
780mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
183cm
Forest
31%
Crops
19%
Urban
24%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)