Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081371610

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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kipushi, Mushindano

Pfafstetter: 12269070

Sub-basin area

597,3km²

Upstream area

2 297,8km²

Discharge

15,24m³/s

Mean elev.

1 304m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kafue3528 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

5 intersecting protected areas

  • Kafue H/waters

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    347.00 km² overlap

  • Kipushi

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    103.24 km² overlap

  • Kafwila Ext

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    85.28 km² overlap

  • Kafwira

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    45.07 km² overlap

  • Kalilele

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    0.98 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

84 distinct species · 141 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

141 obs · 4 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 137
137–136
2–136
2–1
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

19,6°C

Annual rain

1 273mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,26

Runoff

256mm/an

PET

1 720mm

AET

931mm

Mean slope

0,8°

Water table

90cm

Forest

99%

Crops

12%

Urban

0%

Protected

98%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)