HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081336270
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 1 administrative regions : Saurimo
Sub-basin area
240,3km²
Upstream area
3 254,2km²
Discharge
31,56m³/s
Mean elev.
1 144m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chikapa282 km²
- Bassin de Chikapa174 km²
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 335mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
313mm/an
PET
1 833mm
AET
1 112mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
333cm
Forest
99%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)