Table 1 Estimated hydraulic time constant τ and Total Drainable Water Storage (TDWS) S0 over Congo and its sub-basins.
From: Current availability and distribution of Congo Basin’s freshwater resources
DWSA | TWSA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basin | Area [km2] | τd [month] | \({S}_{0}^{{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}}\) [mm] | \({S}_{0}^{{{{{{{{\rm{d}}}}}}}}}\times\)Area [km3] | τt [month] | \({S}_{0}^{{{{{{{{\rm{t}}}}}}}}}\) [mm] | \({S}_{0}^{{{{{{{{\rm{t}}}}}}}}}\times\) Area [km3] |
Kasaï | 895 633 | 9.3 ± 0.2 | 250 ± 5 | 220 ± 4 | 10.1 ± 0.8 | 255 ± 20 | 228 ± 18 |
Middle Congo | 879 050 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 103 ± 7 | 90 ± 6 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 103 ± 7 | 90 ± 6 |
Ubangui | 649 495 | 8.6 ± 0.8 | 97 ± 8 | 63 ± 5 | 8.6 ± 0.8 | 97 ± 8 | 63 ± 5 |
Sangha | 213 654 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 95 ± 9 | 20 ± 2 | 5.7 ± 0.5 | 95 ± 9 | 20 ± 2 |
Lualaba-North | 250 975 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 89 ± 11 | 22 ± 3 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 89 ± 11 | 22 ± 3 |
Lualaba-South | 454 093 | 7.7 ± 0.2 | 149 ± 4 | 67 ± 2 | 13.9 ± 0.9 | 235 ± 12 | 107 ± 5 |
Lualaba-Lukuga | 267 108 | 105.8 ± 3.0 | 88 ± 4 | 20 ± 1 | 174.2 ± 4.7 | 148 ± 3 | 40 ± 1 |
Weighted average | ∑ 503 ± 10 | ∑ 571 ± 20 | |||||
Congo | 3 615 546 | 4.3 ± 0.1 | 133 ± 3 | 476 ± 10 | 4.4 ± 0.2 | 139 ± 6 | 502 ± 22 |
