Site ID:

1308

Lat.

-8.4628

Tanzania

Mbeya

River:

Usangu Flats

Long.

34.1523

Site name:

Lipagama

Contributing area:

10157

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.44

Latest measurement:

16-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

541

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

666

Latest M/C ratio:

1.11

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

5992.0

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

3065

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

2948

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

0.6

0.7

0.9

0.8

16.7

118

2003

22.1

2.2

3.9

8.2

1.3

1.6

0.9

1.1

0.8

0.9

13.8

61.1

326

2004

75.6

58.9

54.0

56.5

0.9

1.1

0.9

0.8

0.9

5.3

70.1

782

2005

146.2

10.4

36.9

93.4

0.9

0.8

0.1

0.8

14.4

45.6

431.6

421

2006

75.2

92.6

145.1

44.0

31.6

20.0

6.6

3.7

1.0

0.9

0.0

1060

2007

481.9

330.1

150.5

1.7

0.9

0.8

0.9

89.3

666

2008

16.6

284.6

130.3

154.6

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.9

1.3

73.8

611

2009

8.7

117.9

235.2

206.9

1.1

3.2

2.8

2.0

1.0

31.1

0.0

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