HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081430480
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 : Itezhi-tezhi, Mumbwa, Namwala
Sub-basin area
477,3km²
Upstream area
124 229km²
Discharge
511,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 011m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nansenga1756 km²
- Bassin de Kafue872 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 275.6 km²57.9% of basin
- 140.1 km²29.4% of basin
- 59.9 km²12.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kafue Flats
IUCN VIGame Management Area
263.11 km² overlap
Mumbwa
IUCN VIGame Management Area
77.26 km² overlap
Namwala
IUCN VIGame Management Area
51.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 18 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
882mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
132mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
744mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
37cm
Forest
51%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)