HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081316950
Bassin de Chikapa
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 : Lucapa, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
1 034,8km²
Upstream area
1 035km²
Discharge
8,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 009m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 857.8 km²83.2% of basin
- Lucapa172.7 km²16.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
22,4°C
Annual rain
1 397mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
261mm/an
PET
1 883mm
AET
1 168mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
236cm
Forest
95%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)