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
Sub-basin area
597,3km²
Upstream area
2 297,8km²
Discharge
15,24m³/s
Mean elev.
1 304m
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°
19,6°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)