HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #4080891510
Bassin de Kankai
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Araria, Kishanganj, Koshi, Mechi, Purnia
Sub-basin area
1 312,5km²
Upstream area
1 312,5km²
Discharge
48,68m³/s
Mean elev.
141m
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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
2 279mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,32
Runoff
1 157mm/an
PET
1 523mm
AET
1 015mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
61cm
Forest
9%
Crops
57%
Urban
20%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)