Site ID: 1291 Lat. -14.8159 Malawi Southern
River: Lake Chiute Long. 35.8564
Site name: Matuto Contributing area: 9861 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.42
Latest measurement: 16-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 7933 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 3 Flood Total runoff this year: 13399 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 2.24 Seven day total: 2 mm
Estimated current discharge: 5899 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 135.7 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 6618 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 6331 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
2075 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 264.7 431.9 540.9 452.9 384.2
5409 2003 372.6 377.4 337.8 614.0 466.5 452.1 446.9 552.3 537.0 481.4 339.9 431.4
2937 2004 335.5 275.6 205.2 290.3 218.7 213.5 191.6 189.9 197.4 321.2 300.1 197.9
8934 2005 297.8 227.9 645.0 992.9 980.1 699.0 164.0 943.9 961.8 1084.8 1035.5 901.0
9586 2006 804.1 844.0 924.1 902.1 1019.9 957.4 989.7 1033.3 1024.5 1086.6 0.0 0.0
12799 2007 741.1 1116.7 1130.0 1101.2 1030.8 958.3 1126.1 1208.6 1212.0 1169.9 1196.5 807.9
13399 2008 1076.6 1320.1 1241.5 1165.3 1106.4 1018.9 1048.4 1150.8 1161.5 1154.0 1069.6 885.7
12620 2009 1016.3 1027.0 1146.7 1341.2 1175.1 1202.7 1144.2 1364.0 1168.4 1262.1 772.2 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.