HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081613850
Bassin · #1081613850
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gert Sibande, Maseyisini, Mbangweni, Zombodze, Zululand
Sub-basin area
656,7km²
Upstream area
656,7km²
Discharge
4,04m³/s
Mean elev.
919m
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°
17,9°C
Annual rain
835mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
194mm/an
PET
1 397mm
AET
706mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
533cm
Forest
77%
Crops
16%
Urban
3%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)