Site ID: 1255 Lat. -24.8553 Mozambique Gaza
River: Limpopo Long. 33.5946
Site name: 0 Contributing area: 401718 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 23.82
Latest measurement: 16-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 201 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 200 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.10 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 2706 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 45.8 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 11354 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 11241 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Mandini (1160880)           Contributing Area: 7280 sq mi 16866 sq km
(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)
Notes: Rating equation is based on monthly mean, maximum, and minimum M/C compared to gaging station discharge values.
Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)
(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)
2008-Present
2002-Present
Annual  Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data
Runoff
(mm) Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
67 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 8.0 8.9 11.5 23.0 15.2
199 2003 13.4 21.8 18.6 16.9 18.9 14.0 24.1 13.6 14.0 14.9 11.3 17.1
193 2004 18.9 16.2 25.6 17.2 15.9 14.5 17.5 14.0 11.2 12.5 15.6 14.2
166 2005 17.4 14.3 14.1 15.2 18.8 16.6 2.3 12.1 7.8 11.0 16.1 20.5
211 2006 33.8 18.9 18.4 28.9 24.2 21.1 19.3 15.4 13.2 17.4 0.0 0.0
235 2007 25.8 16.1 14.5 31.0 17.4 17.2 19.5 14.1 9.8 15.1 24.4 30.0
200 2008 18.8 17.8 18.4 15.1 18.8 15.2 19.1 11.7 10.9 13.6 18.4 22.6
201 2009 18.3 25.8 25.7 22.2 20.4 18.3 19.0 21.4 11.6 12.4 6.4 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.