HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081411070
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 : Kasempa, Mumbwa
Sub-basin area
694,5km²
Upstream area
53 391,5km²
Discharge
293,25m³/s
Mean elev.
1 159m
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
977mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
172mm/an
PET
1 722mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
81cm
Forest
86%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)