HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081392970
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 : Lufwanyama, Mpongwe
Sub-basin area
2 488,3km²
Upstream area
18 926,2km²
Discharge
131,84m³/s
Mean elev.
1 190m
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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
1 146mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
259mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
899mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
93cm
Forest
79%
Crops
10%
Urban
2%
Protected
1%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)