Site ID: 548 Lat. -15.6290 Zambia Southern
River: Kafue Flats Long. 27.5682
Site name: Sokola Contributing area: 144638 km2 Ratio to Comparison Station: 6.22
Latest measurement: 10-Nov-09 Mean annual runoff: 150 mm (2003-2007)
Hydrologic status: 2 Normal flow Total runoff this year: 511 mm
Latest M/C ratio: 1.10 Seven day total: 1 mm
Estimated current discharge: 3 m3/sec Percent of mean 7-day total: 126.7 % (today's value compared to mean for same period, 2003-2007)
Ice-cover determination: 5 yr recurrence flood: 7195 m3/sec (from Log Pearson III analysis)
Status Codes:  1 = Low flow, 2 = Normal flow, 3 = Flood, 4 = Major Flood 6120 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
14 2002 no data no data no data no data no data no data no data 2.5 2.8 2.2 3.5 3.3
53 2003 1.9 0.3 4.9 4.6 4.1 6.7 7.7 5.5 6.9 5.2 3.1 2.0
173 2004 1.4 1.1 3.7 9.3 28.6 55.9 42.3 14.6 8.1 4.8 1.9 0.9
6 2005 0.2 0.6 1.5 0.6 0.2 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
182 2006 0.1 1.3 14.2 15.8 49.5 48.4 19.8 16.2 10.8 5.6 0.0 0.0
335 2007 0.1 0.4 33.3 66.8 86.1 45.0 36.2 33.3 25.0 8.7 0.4 0.1
511 2008 34.3 101.1 105.1 64.2 68.3 58.4 41.4 21.9 9.9 4.5 1.7 0.2
579 2009 0.2 6.0 41.3 102.7 125.1 92.4 66.7 69.0 53.0 21.7 1.3 0.0
Discharge is estimated directly via a rating equation from the remote sensing data (M/C ratio) shown below.