Site ID:

1268

Lat.

-18.9094

Mozambique

Sofala

River:

Pungue

Long.

34.5300

Site name:

Chitengo

Contributing area:

7986

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.34

Latest measurement:

16-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

690

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

3396

Latest M/C ratio:

1.10

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

4.9

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

4062

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

3355

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

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

2002

no data

4.1

0.9

1.1

2003

1.1

1.0

3.7

1.9

1.1

2.0

1.1

0.8

1.1

2004

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.2

326

2005

1.1

1.0

4.4

36.1

41.6

3.3

0.3

66.1

34.6

44.8

46.8

45.6

1213

2006

222.5

166.2

150.6

135.7

192.7

115.5

78.2

62.9

46.8

42.2

0.0

1880

2007

297.6

240.2

211.0

137.3

165.0

80.8

77.9

80.2

58.1

59.4

49.1

423.4

3396

2008

996.5

698.5

489.8

365.1

336.6

198.1

127.9

72.8

59.7

21.0

1.7

28.4

3240

2009

764.6

609.9

449.6

464.4

401.1

263.2

115.0

101.3

53.6

13.1

4.3

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.