HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #2080527330
Bassin de Verzasca
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 8 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bellinzona, Como, Leventina, Locarno, Lugano +3
Sub-basin area
458,8km²
Upstream area
1 971,4km²
Discharge
84,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 196m
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°
6,4°C
Annual rain
1 395mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,53
Runoff
1 352mm/an
PET
647mm
AET
640mm
Mean slope
27,0°
Water table
900cm
Forest
81%
Crops
2%
Urban
12%
Protected
5%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)