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
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°
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)