Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081434720

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 : Itezhi-tezhi, Monze, Mumbwa, Namwala

8% lakePfafstetter: 12261710

Sub-basin area

1 761km²

Upstream area

128 272,3km²

Discharge

488,02m³/s

Mean elev.

995m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kafue18 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

5 intersecting protected areas

  • Kafue Flats

    IUCN VI

    Game Management Area

    1385.66 km² overlap

  • Kafue Flats

    IUCN Not Reported

    Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)

    21.86 km² overlap

  • Lochinvar

    IUCN II

    National Park

    16.60 km² overlap

  • Blue Lagoon

    IUCN II

    National Park

    15.19 km² overlap

  • Nambala

    IUCN Not Reported

    Forest Reserve

    5.83 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

44 distinct species · 74 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

74 obs · 17 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 16
13–15
4–12
2–3
< 2

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

Sample of 16 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.

ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).

RègnesAnimalPlanteChampignonBacterie
RelationsPredationParasitismeSymbiosePollinisation
StatutEn dangerVulnérableProtégéeEndémique

Indicateurs du tissu écologique

Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kafue : 15 espèces dont 3 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).

Espèces affichées
16
Interactions affichées
12
Connectance
0.100
Patrimoniales
3
Plus dense que (national)0 %(top 100%)

Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

21,4°C

Annual rain

870mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,51

Runoff

140mm/an

PET

1 775mm

AET

734mm

Mean slope

0,1°

Water table

22cm

Forest

29%

Crops

4%

Urban

1%

Protected

86%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)