Site ID:

1317

Lat.

-3.9495

Tanzania

Tabora

River:

Manonga

Long.

33.8277

Site name:

Mwakilunga

Contributing area:

9903

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.43

Latest measurement:

16-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

208

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

197

Latest M/C ratio:

1.10

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

284.5

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

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

1218

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

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

1548

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

5.3

15.3

138

2003

56.3

5.2

3.0

44.0

21.2

0.9

0.7

3.0

250

2004

50.4

27.5

3.7

14.5

0.9

9.0

14.3

42.1

84.6

407

2005

25.1

5.5

21.4

19.6

30.0

2.7

0.1

0.9

4.7

24.3

272.3

146

2006

4.3

68.6

19.2

43.8

4.7

0.9

1.9

0.9

0.0

2007

40.3

2.9

0.9

1.2

0.9

27.8

20.5

197

2008

40.7

42.2

14.5

12.3

0.9

0.8

0.9

14.4

67.4

229

2009

50.4

90.0

25.7

37.6

0.9

1.4

0.9

19.1

0.0

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