HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081383930
Bassin de Chicanda
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 3 administrative regions : Caála, Longonjo, Ukuma
Sub-basin area
369,3km²
Upstream area
369,3km²
Discharge
6,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 593m
Administrative coverage
Species present
242 distinct species · 338 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Chicanda : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 8 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,1°C
Annual rain
1 239mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
535mm/an
PET
1 610mm
AET
1 017mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
348cm
Forest
62%
Crops
5%
Urban
7%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)