HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081273230
Bassin de Tshikapa
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chitato, Kamonia, Tshikapa
Sub-basin area
1 993,8km²
Upstream area
19 512,1km²
Discharge
159,03m³/s
Mean elev.
635m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tshikapa335 km²
- Bassin de Tshikapa239 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1902.6 km²95.8% of basin
- Chitato73.6 km²3.7% of basin
- 9.0 km²0.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
93 distinct species · 214 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 12 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 Bassin de Tshikapa : 6 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 17.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 7 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,6°C
Annual rain
1 558mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
181mm/an
PET
1 792mm
AET
1 295mm
Mean slope
3,5°
Water table
295cm
Forest
78%
Crops
4%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)