HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081431070
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 : Itezhi-tezhi, Namwala
Sub-basin area
871,5km²
Upstream area
121 996,1km²
Discharge
514,78m³/s
Mean elev.
997m
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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
840mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
125mm/an
PET
1 777mm
AET
709mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
49cm
Forest
22%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
26%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)