HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081442640
Bassin de Shire
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 16 administrative regions : Blantyre City, Chikwawa Boma, Majete Game Reserve - Chikwawa, Majete Game Reserve - Mwanza, SC Mphuka +11
Sub-basin area
1 961km²
Upstream area
141 899km²
Discharge
1 269,52m³/s
Mean elev.
504m
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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
938mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
222mm/an
PET
1 652mm
AET
777mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
280cm
Forest
52%
Crops
24%
Urban
21%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)