HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081341970
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 : Dala, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
217,8km²
Upstream area
2 302km²
Discharge
21,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 268m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chikapa324 km²
- Bassin de Chikapa314 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 141.4 km²65.2% of basin
- 75.5 km²34.8% 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 357mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
319mm/an
PET
1 788mm
AET
1 111mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
135cm
Forest
74%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)