Liwonde RivDIS Summary

Gauging Station - Data Summary

Station: Liwonde Continent: Africa
River: Shire Major Basin : Zambezi
Country: Malawi Discharge into : Indian Ocean
Observation Period: 1965 - 1984 Total Months: 240
Latitude (dec deg): 15.06 S Area (km2): 130200
Longitude (dec deg): 35.2 E Elevation (m): 470
Annual Discharge: (m3/s): 471.5 (km3/yr): 14.9
Annual Runoff: (l/s/km2): 3.6 (mm/yr): 114.2
Mean for Observation Period
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
m3/sec 448.0 493.1 529.0 559.0 580.6 554.1 512.5 446.8 404.2 374.6 363.0 394.8
km3/mo 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1
mm/mo 9.2 9.2 10.9 11.1 11.9 11.0 10.5 9.2 8.0 7.7 7.2 8.1
l/s/km2 3.4 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.0