HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081600970
Bassin de Rio Umbelúzi
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 across 3 countries : Ehlanzeni, Lomahasha, Namaacha
Sub-basin area
501,6km²
Upstream area
501,8km²
Discharge
2,4m³/s
Mean elev.
314m
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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
778mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
1 552mm
AET
659mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
474cm
Forest
96%
Crops
4%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)