HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081443530
Bassin de Lusitu
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 4 administrative regions : Chikankanta, Chirundu, Mazabuka, Siavonga
Sub-basin area
1 820,2km²
Upstream area
1 820,4km²
Discharge
5,67m³/s
Mean elev.
884m
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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
730mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
98mm/an
PET
1 766mm
AET
616mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
426cm
Forest
20%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
18%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)