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
Sub-basin area
1 761km²
Upstream area
128 272,3km²
Discharge
488,02m³/s
Mean elev.
995m
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
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)