HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081613260
Bassin de Pongolo
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Hosea, Matsanjeni South, Shiselweni, Somntongo, Zombodze +1
Sub-basin area
1 731,8km²
Upstream area
7 139,3km²
Discharge
41,5m³/s
Mean elev.
453m
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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
716mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,52
Runoff
118mm/an
PET
1 505mm
AET
606mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
606cm
Forest
95%
Crops
15%
Urban
4%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)