HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081366540
Bassin de Kafubu
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kambove, Kipushi, Kipushi (ville), Lubumbashi, Mushindano
Sub-basin area
1 405,8km²
Upstream area
1 406,1km²
Discharge
7,79m³/s
Mean elev.
1 289m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 248mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
206mm/an
PET
1 733mm
AET
935mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
147cm
Forest
48%
Crops
8%
Urban
24%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)