HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081410010
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 4 administrative regions : Chibombo, Kasempa, Mumbwa, Ngabwe
Sub-basin area
792,2km²
Upstream area
51 434,5km²
Discharge
287,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 167m
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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
983mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
203mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
825mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
117cm
Forest
99%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
63%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)