HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081380880
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 9 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chililabombwe, Chingola, Kalulushi, Kipushi, Kitwe +4
Sub-basin area
3 528,1km²
Upstream area
7 144,5km²
Discharge
61,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 301m
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 275mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
270mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
940mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
140cm
Forest
77%
Crops
10%
Urban
8%
Protected
29%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)