Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) · ZMB
Kafue Flats
- Area
- 819 km²
- IUCN cat.
- Not Reported
- Year
- 1991
Overview
- Designation
- Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
- Established
- 1991
- Managing authority
- Not Reported
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
600 distinct species · 20 500 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 14 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 Kafue Flats : 10 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 15.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology13 basins · 6 lakes · 4 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
52,2km
Lake surface here
84,26km²
Basins crossed
13
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
136 602km²
Discharge in basins
70,6m³/s
Mean precip.
838mm/an
Mean T°
21,4°C
Moisture idx
-0,53
Mean runoff
121mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
992m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Munyekesub-area628,2 km²overlap307.58 km²38%
- Bassin de Lubwatosub-area372,9 km²overlap142.74 km²17%
- Bassin de Nangomasub-area377,8 km²overlap138.32 km²17%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area231 km²overlap85.52 km²10%
- Bassin de Nangomasub-area310,4 km²overlap46.50 km²6%
- Bassin de Lubwatosub-area733,4 km²overlap25.14 km²3%
- Bassin de Lubwatosub-area35,8 km²overlap23.46 km²3%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area1 761 km²overlap21.86 km²3%
- Basin #34160sub-area241,1 km²overlap19.92 km²2%
Lakes (6, top by area)
Rivers / streams (4, ord ≥ 4)
Live spatial overlap (cached after first hit) · HydroBASINS lev08 × HydroLAKES × HydroRIVERS v10
Location
Fond cartographique : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Géométrie : nos sources (GADM/HydroBASINS/HydroLAKES/HydroRIVERS/WDPA)
- Centroid
- -15.48658, 27.44786
- Open in maps
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Species observed (Phase 2)
Listing species observed within this protected area requires the GBIF v2 partition × WDPA spatial overlay matview. Computing infrastructure pending.