HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081433780
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
710,5km²
Upstream area
119 675,6km²
Discharge
531,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 008m
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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
824mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
126mm/an
PET
1 774mm
AET
695mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
72cm
Forest
38%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
42%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)