HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081599330
Bassin de Komati River
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 3 administrative regions : Ehlanzeni, Gert Sibande, Nkangala
Sub-basin area
2 247,4km²
Upstream area
3 512,6km²
Discharge
14,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 581m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
15,3°C
Annual rain
865mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 380mm
AET
735mm
Mean slope
6,1°
Water table
458cm
Forest
36%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)