HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080621380
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, Selwyn
Sub-basin area
126,9km²
Upstream area
1 186,5km²
Discharge
62,48m³/s
Mean elev.
779m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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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°
8,2°C
Annual rain
1 696mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,48
Runoff
1 533mm/an
PET
798mm
AET
758mm
Mean slope
13,0°
Water table
416cm
Forest
3%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)