HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081434390
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 3 administrative regions : Mazabuka, Monze, Mumbwa
Sub-basin area
17,9km²
Upstream area
136 601,6km²
Discharge
506,52m³/s
Mean elev.
981m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kafue1761 km²
- Bassin de Munyeke628 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 10.5 km²59.0% of basin
- 3.7 km²20.6% of basin
- 3.6 km²20.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Kafue Flats
IUCN VIGame Management Area
15.74 km² overlap
Lochinvar
IUCN IINational Park
2.12 km² overlap
Kafue Flats
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,4°C
Annual rain
828mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
155mm/an
PET
1 780mm
AET
697mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
2cm
Forest
84%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)