HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080615870
Bassin de Whanganui River
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 3 administrative regions : Ruapehu, Stratford, Whanganui
Sub-basin area
728,7km²
Upstream area
3 942,9km²
Discharge
146,79m³/s
Mean elev.
388m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
11,9°C
Annual rain
1 709mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,46
Runoff
1 194mm/an
PET
917mm
AET
882mm
Mean slope
13,2°
Water table
453cm
Forest
43%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)