HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081284060
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Chitato, Kamonia
Sub-basin area
335,3km²
Upstream area
17 280km²
Discharge
144,03m³/s
Mean elev.
708m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Tshikapa304 km²
- Bassin de Tshikapa243 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 259.4 km²77.7% of basin
- Chitato74.5 km²22.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 597mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
226mm/an
PET
1 809mm
AET
1 305mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
303cm
Forest
100%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)