HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081286570
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
303,6km²
Upstream area
16 702,1km²
Discharge
139,82m³/s
Mean elev.
721m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chikapa323 km²
- Bassin de Chikapa115 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 156.5 km²51.8% of basin
- Chitato145.8 km²48.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 10 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 597mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
244mm/an
PET
1 819mm
AET
1 303mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
279cm
Forest
96%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)