Site ID: 1273 Lat. -18.4262 Botswana Ngamiland
River: Okavango Long. 21.9388
Site name: Shakawe Contributing area: 245680 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 1.00
Latest measurement: 15-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 58 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 60 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.11 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 417 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 106.4 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 758 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 756 m3/sec (from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)
Comparison Station Information:  Mohembo             Contributing Area:   sq mi 245680 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 comparison of March, 2009 daily data only.
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
19 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 3.6 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.3
55 2003 4.6 4.9 6.4 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.3 4.3
64 2004 6.0 6.8 6.7 6.1 6.0 5.2 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.4
56 2005 4.6 4.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 5.3 0.5 4.9 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.9
51 2006 4.8 4.6 5.1 6.2 6.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.5 0.0 0.0
62 2007 5.8 5.2 6.0 7.0 5.8 5.2 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.1
60 2008 4.5 5.0 5.4 5.9 5.9 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.8
60 2009 5.8 4.8 7.1 7.2 6.5 5.6 5.5 5.4 4.9 4.8 2.6 0.0
Mean Annual Runoff: 58 Standard Deviation: 5
Trend in Annual Runoff (slope):  0.34
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.