HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080621100
Bassin de Waimakariri 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 2 administrative regions : Selwyn, Westland
Sub-basin area
674,2km²
Upstream area
674,2km²
Discharge
43,34m³/s
Mean elev.
1 110m
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°
6,6°C
Annual rain
2 915mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,74
Runoff
2 002mm/an
PET
749mm
AET
749mm
Mean slope
22,9°
Water table
796cm
Forest
23%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)