Site ID:

1285

Lat.

-12.3129

Zambia

Copperbelt

River:

Kafue

Long.

27.4996

Site name:

Chililabombwe

Contributing area:

4219

km2

Ratio to Comparison Station:

0.18

Latest measurement:

15-Nov-09

Mean annual runoff:

227

(2003-2007)

Hydrologic status:

Normal flow

Total runoff this year:

516

Latest M/C ratio:

1.10

Seven day total:

Estimated current discharge:

m3/sec

Percent of mean 7-day total:

70.2

(today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)

Ice-cover determination:

5 yr recurrence flood:

959

m3/sec

(from Log Pearson III analysis)

Status Codes: 1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood

908

m3/sec

(from Gumbel Extreme Value analysis)

Comparison Station Information:

Tokwe Confluence D/s C/s (1495240)

Contributing Area:

7280

sq mi

23237

sq km

(Data from this gaging station are used for the calibration to discharge, with an adjustment for different contributing areas)

Notes:

Comparison station is placeholder, only; this site is not yet calibrated to actual discharge

Discharge and runoff, based on satellite remote sensing (NASA AMSR-E data)

(For U.S, sites, nearby ground station discharge may also be shown)

2008-Present

2002-Present

Annual

Monthly Total Runoff (mm), computed from above satellite-based discharge data

Runoff

(mm)

Jan

Feb

Mar

April

May

June

July

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

2002

no data

1.6

1.7

2.1

2.0

2.1

338

2003

49.1

4.1

26.0

238.1

6.5

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.1

1.7

2.1

113

2004

2.1

2.8

53.8

11.3

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

26.8

2.0

3.3

2005

7.0

58.8

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

0.2

2.1

2.0

2.1

1.9

2.0

148

2006

2.1

3.0

102.5

28.0

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.1

0.0

454

2007

64.1

245.0

97.5

3.7

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.1

28.8

1.9

516

2008

6.3

191.9

153.9

59.7

2.1

1.9

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

89.9

942

2009

63.9

303.2

343.8

217.7

2.1

2.0

2.1

2.0

2.1

1.2

0.0

Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.