HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081432600
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 : Mazabuka, Shibuyunji
Sub-basin area
159,8km²
Upstream area
144 493,4km²
Discharge
482,96m³/s
Mean elev.
978m
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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
788mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,55
Runoff
147mm/an
PET
1 754mm
AET
665mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
35%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)