HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081394040
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
350,4km²
Upstream area
22 287km²
Discharge
154,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 168m
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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 099mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
224mm/an
PET
1 718mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
83cm
Forest
89%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
11%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)