National Park · zmb
Kafue
- Area
- 22 318 km²
- IUCN cat.
- II
- Year
- 1971
Overview
- Designation
- National Park
- IUCN category
- II · Parc national
Écosystèmes préservés + récréation grand public
- Established
- 1971
- Managing authority
- Department of National Parks and Wildlife
Source : WDPA (UNEP-WCMC, World Database on Protected Areas).
Species present
1 326 distinct species · 73 684 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 13 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 12.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydrology46 basins · 3 lakes · 34 rivers
Hydrology metrics for this exact territory
Stream length here
2 292,3km
Lake surface here
278,73km²
Basins crossed
46
Max stream order
7
Max drainage
107 263km²
Discharge in basins
2 193,1m³/s
Mean precip.
908mm/an
Mean T°
20,7°C
Moisture idx
-0,48
Mean runoff
97mm/an
Mean elev. (basins)
1 128m
Watersheds crossing here
- Bassin de Mukombosub-area2 053 km²overlap2043.84 km²9%
- Bassin de Musasub-area1 966,1 km²overlap1939.24 km²9%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area2 093,3 km²overlap1831.56 km²8%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area2 687,3 km²overlap1675.34 km²8%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area2 590,4 km²overlap1472.21 km²7%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area1 160,5 km²overlap1150.77 km²5%
- Bassin de Nkalasub-area1 412,3 km²overlap1113.35 km²5%
- Bassin de Lufupa Riversub-area1 028,7 km²overlap1024.95 km²5%
- Bassin de Lufupa Riversub-area943,7 km²overlap923.04 km²4%
37 more basinssorted by overlap
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area897 km²overlap884.62 km²4%
- Bassin de Lungasub-area1 346,3 km²overlap878.59 km²4%
- Bassin de Nanzhilasub-area886,1 km²overlap860.57 km²4%
- Bassin de Nangambasub-area749 km²overlap721.77 km²3%
- Bassin de Lushimbasub-area1 641,2 km²overlap711.05 km²3%
- Bassin de Kasha Riversub-area704 km²overlap692.80 km²3%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area537,2 km²overlap501.43 km²2%
- Bassin de Ntemwasub-area1 057,4 km²overlap477.12 km²2%
- Bassin de Nanzhilasub-area1 096,4 km²overlap410.01 km²2%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area400 km²overlap398.02 km²2%
- Bassin de Lufupa Riversub-area686,4 km²overlap352.37 km²2%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area349,1 km²overlap347.91 km²2%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area304,5 km²overlap303.35 km²1%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area398,3 km²overlap280.63 km²1%
- Bassin de Nansengasub-area1 756 km²overlap240.35 km²1%
- Basin #29420sub-area238 km²overlap237.20 km²1%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area238,8 km²overlap212.69 km²1%
- Bassin de Nanzhilasub-area847,4 km²overlap177.91 km²1%
- Bassin de Lwansandasub-area171,3 km²overlap170.72 km²1%
- Bassin de Kasompesub-area1 263,3 km²overlap53.26 km²0%
- Bassin de Nanzhilasub-area894,4 km²overlap41.12 km²0%
- Bassin de Machilesub-area2 271,1 km²overlap33.91 km²0%
- Bassin de Luenasub-area6 149,4 km²overlap28.45 km²0%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area226,6 km²overlap27.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Lutalesub-area2 281,9 km²overlap22.24 km²0%
- Bassin de Mulobezisub-area231 km²overlap16.76 km²0%
- Bassin de Selongasub-area1 110,3 km²overlap15.92 km²0%
- Bassin de Luampasub-area2 429 km²overlap12.29 km²0%
- Bassin de Chisowasub-area206,6 km²overlap9.48 km²0%
- Bassin de Lalafutasub-area887,8 km²overlap9.00 km²0%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area309,5 km²overlap8.17 km²0%
- Bassin de Mwezisub-area966,8 km²overlap4.74 km²0%
- Bassin de Mulobezisub-area173 km²overlap1.14 km²0%
- Bassin de Mulobezisub-area923,3 km²overlap0.23 km²0%
- Basin #54220sub-area218,5 km²overlap0.21 km²0%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area995,5 km²overlap0.11 km²0%
- Bassin de Kafuesub-area317 km²overlap0.02 km²0%
Lakes (3, top by area)
Rivers / streams (34, ord ≥ 4)
- Kafueord 8len here402.33 km15%total2719 km
- Lwansandaord 4len here243.96 km100%total244 km
- Lufupa Riverord 5len here189.20 km92%total206 km
- Mukomboord 4len here166.76 km100%total167 km
- Lungaord 7len here134.59 km14%total977 km
- Musaord 3len here98.64 km100%total99 km
- Shishambaord 4len here89.61 km100%total90 km
- Nkalaord 4len here81.57 km65%total126 km
- Mushangashiord 4len here78.90 km100%total79 km
- Lwanganduord 3len here75.74 km100%total76 km
- Nanzhilaord 5len here73.79 km27%total272 km
- Lamwamzaord 3len here71.24 km100%total71 km
22 more river segmentssorted by Strahler order + length
- Ntemwaord 3len here60.97 km47%total131 km
- Nangambaord 3len here55.52 km100%total56 km
- Mungosiyaord 3len here53.55 km100%total54 km
- Kasha Riverord 2len here44.03 km100%total44 km
- Kawangaord 2len here43.66 km100%total44 km
- Moshiord 5len here39.44 km100%total39 km
- Lulongaord 3len here38.15 km100%total38 km
- Lubujiord 4len here34.41 km100%total34 km
- Lushimbaord 4len here32.22 km33%total98 km
- Nyambalaord 2len here30.23 km94%total32 km
- Kalakangaord 3len here28.09 km100%total28 km
- Kasompeord 3len here26.79 km46%total58 km
- Kaungaord 2len here22.28 km100%total22 km
- Lupembaord 2len here19.56 km51%total38 km
- Lumbeyaord 2len here17.37 km100%total17 km
- Nalusangaord 2len here14.04 km27%total52 km
- Kabanga Eastord 2len here10.68 km92%total12 km
- Kayefuord 1len here8.67 km95%total9 km
- Shibatwaord 2len here5.64 km100%total6 km
- Kelaord 7len here0.47 km1%total34 km
- Nutaord 2len here0.20 km1%total26 km
- Nangomaord 4len here≈ tangenttotal214 km
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
- -15.37908, 25.64652
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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.