HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409000
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 3 administrative regions : Chibombo, Mumbwa, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
447,1km²
Upstream area
37 134,6km²
Discharge
230,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 132m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kafue162 km²
- Bassin de Kafue50 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 368.7 km²82.8% of basin
- 43.6 km²9.8% of basin
- 33.1 km²7.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Lunga Luswishi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
321.31 km² overlap
Kasanga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
45.21 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,9°C
Annual rain
977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
215mm/an
PET
1 714mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
47cm
Forest
79%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
73%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)