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
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°
20,9°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)