HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081396160
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 : Mpongwe, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
429,1km²
Upstream area
23 113km²
Discharge
157,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 156m
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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 075mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
213mm/an
PET
1 719mm
AET
875mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
80cm
Forest
95%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)