HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081434920
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, Mumbwa
Sub-basin area
2 687,3km²
Upstream area
104 987,7km²
Discharge
553,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 126m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kafue2590 km²
- Bassin de Lwansanda305 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2270.7 km²84.8% of basin
- 407.2 km²15.2% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
487 distinct species · 12 676 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kafue : 15 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,6°C
Annual rain
862mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
73mm/an
PET
1 760mm
AET
727mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
225cm
Forest
82%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)