HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081433090
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 4 administrative regions : Chilanga, Kafue, Mazabuka, Shibuyunji
Sub-basin area
645,1km²
Upstream area
149 591,3km²
Discharge
477,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 028m
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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
797mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
105mm/an
PET
1 712mm
AET
672mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
67cm
Forest
9%
Crops
3%
Urban
2%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)