HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080438170
Bassin de la Chiers
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 7 administrative regions across 3 countries : Ardennes, Capellen, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, Meurthe-et-Moselle +2
Sub-basin area
2 218,8km²
Upstream area
2 218,8km²
Discharge
28,67m³/s
Mean elev.
279m
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°
9,2°C
Annual rain
918mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
396mm/an
PET
759mm
AET
600mm
Mean slope
3,7°
Water table
211cm
Forest
19%
Crops
35%
Urban
6%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)