HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080643600
Bassin de Lower Swat Canal
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 : Mardan, Peshawar
Sub-basin area
218,9km²
Upstream area
218,9km²
Discharge
2,99m³/s
Mean elev.
333m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Peshawar177.3 km²81.0% of basin
- Mardan41.5 km²19.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 28 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,1°C
Annual rain
535mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,67
Runoff
428mm/an
PET
1 634mm
AET
452mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
13cm
Forest
57%
Crops
54%
Urban
92%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)