HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081639580
Bassin de Umzimkulu 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 2 administrative regions : Sisonke, Ugu
Sub-basin area
1 433,2km²
Upstream area
4 215,8km²
Discharge
41,7m³/s
Mean elev.
1 044m
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°
16,3°C
Annual rain
842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
1 339mm
AET
714mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
519cm
Forest
73%
Crops
11%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)