HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080620190
Bassin de Waiau 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 1 administrative regions : Hurunui
Sub-basin area
241,3km²
Upstream area
1 819,1km²
Discharge
60,21m³/s
Mean elev.
714m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
8,8°C
Annual rain
1 255mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
858mm/an
PET
789mm
AET
706mm
Mean slope
17,3°
Water table
605cm
Forest
38%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)