HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081368590
Bassin de Kafue
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kambove, Kipushi, Kipushi (ville), Mushindano
Sub-basin area
787,2km²
Upstream area
787,2km²
Discharge
3,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 335m
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°
19,7°C
Annual rain
1 265mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
209mm/an
PET
1 713mm
AET
936mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
127cm
Forest
93%
Crops
16%
Urban
1%
Protected
92%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)