HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081430700
Bassin · #1081430700
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 2 administrative regions : Cahora Bassa, Maravia
Sub-basin area
493,8km²
Upstream area
1 064 864,9km²
Discharge
2 718,96m³/s
Mean elev.
468m
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°
24,7°C
Annual rain
694mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
129mm/an
PET
1 958mm
AET
585mm
Mean slope
3,9°
Water table
362cm
Forest
22%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)