HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081385490
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 : Kitwe, Luanshya, Ndola, Sakania
Sub-basin area
1 080,7km²
Upstream area
9 572,5km²
Discharge
82,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 250m
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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
1 274mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
294mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
942mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
141cm
Forest
46%
Crops
5%
Urban
23%
Protected
40%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)