HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081550360
Bassin de Limpopo
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 across 2 countries : Beitbridge, Vhembe
Sub-basin area
448,1km²
Upstream area
224 636,4km²
Discharge
127,78m³/s
Mean elev.
346m
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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
457mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,75
Runoff
59mm/an
PET
1 807mm
AET
383mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
476cm
Forest
79%
Crops
19%
Urban
1%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)