HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081455970
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Milange, Morrumbala, Mutarara, Mwabvi Game Reserve, SC Mbenje +2
Sub-basin area
2 579,9km²
Upstream area
154 273,2km²
Discharge
561,73m³/s
Mean elev.
283m
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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 167mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
288mm/an
PET
1 785mm
AET
953mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
204cm
Forest
86%
Crops
20%
Urban
3%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)