HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081416350
Bassin de Sankwi
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lake Chiuta, Mecanhelas, SC Chikweo, SC Ngokwe, TA Kawinga +1
Sub-basin area
267,8km²
Upstream area
849,8km²
Discharge
10,38m³/s
Mean elev.
679m
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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
1 089mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
399mm/an
PET
1 647mm
AET
882mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
84cm
Forest
1%
Crops
16%
Urban
9%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)