Site ID: 1286 Lat. -10.7062 Zambia Northern
River: Bangweulu Swamp Trib Long. 29.6537
Site name: Kasaba Contributing area: 2952 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 0.13
Latest measurement: 15-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 3455 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 3743 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.19 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 325 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 105.8 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 2218 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 2268 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
906 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 133.2 93.6 248.0 182.7 248.4
3405 2003 827.5 494.6 487.7 444.4 220.3 134.2 138.3 101.7 83.7 74.2 147.7 250.7
2484 2004 442.7 288.2 291.1 513.2 168.7 108.4 54.8 54.9 98.8 100.5 86.7 276.2
4116 2005 777.8 410.6 344.2 399.3 341.9 238.2 17.9 365.5 323.8 344.5 274.2 278.0
2971 2006 380.6 412.3 380.4 292.6 262.2 235.6 244.6 256.6 244.2 262.0 0.0 0.0
4298 2007 804.1 512.9 493.2 328.1 318.4 296.7 288.0 315.6 249.4 261.1 231.3 199.5
3743 2008 195.6 496.3 679.0 402.6 282.0 251.8 241.0 238.5 252.8 215.8 135.1 352.3
4682 2009 533.1 666.3 938.3 496.5 371.7 342.8 307.9 344.9 304.8 263.6 112.2 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.