HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080433410
Bassin de Alzette
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 10 administrative regions across 3 countries : Capellen, Diekirch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Mersch +4
Sub-basin area
1 163,8km²
Upstream area
1 163,9km²
Discharge
14,32m³/s
Mean elev.
336m
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°
8,9°C
Annual rain
864mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
380mm/an
PET
739mm
AET
581mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
266cm
Forest
23%
Crops
29%
Urban
21%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)