HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081632240
Bassin de Mpolweni
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 : Umgungundlovu, Umzinyathi
Sub-basin area
460,4km²
Upstream area
460,4km²
Discharge
2,15m³/s
Mean elev.
907m
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°
17,0°C
Annual rain
874mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
148mm/an
PET
1 361mm
AET
741mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
466cm
Forest
60%
Crops
14%
Urban
1%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)