HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081434250
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, Mumbwa
Sub-basin area
24,3km²
Upstream area
136 856,8km²
Discharge
501,46m³/s
Mean elev.
981m
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
823mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,54
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 779mm
AET
694mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
36%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)