HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081389870
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 : Luanshya, Lufwanyama, Masaiti, Mpongwe
Sub-basin area
369,9km²
Upstream area
11 552,3km²
Discharge
92,52m³/s
Mean elev.
1 201m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kafubu889 km²
- Bassin de Kafue339 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 175.8 km²47.7% of basin
- 156.5 km²42.5% of basin
- 35.7 km²9.7% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Forest Reserve Name Unknown (ZMB) No.47
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
67 distinct species · 362 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 26 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kafue : 23 espèces reliées par 22 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 6.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 220mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
299mm/an
PET
1 731mm
AET
926mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
158cm
Forest
82%
Crops
13%
Urban
3%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)