HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081425060
Bassin de Rivi Rivi
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 13 administrative regions across 2 countries : Balaka Town, Ntcheu Boma, SC Champiti, SC Goodson Ganya, SC Makwangwala +8
Sub-basin area
1 399,7km²
Upstream area
1 400,1km²
Discharge
5,56m³/s
Mean elev.
833m
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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
984mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
190mm/an
PET
1 564mm
AET
813mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
157cm
Forest
11%
Crops
5%
Urban
15%
Protected
6%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)