HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080621340
Bassin de Rakaia 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 : Ashburton, Westland
Sub-basin area
281,3km²
Upstream area
281,3km²
Discharge
19,15m³/s
Mean elev.
1 427m
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°
5,1°C
Annual rain
2 871mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,73
Runoff
2 097mm/an
PET
728mm
AET
728mm
Mean slope
26,5°
Water table
962cm
Forest
1%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
66%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)