HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081516090
Bassin de Chikoka
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 : Bikita, Zaka
Sub-basin area
196,2km²
Upstream area
196,4km²
Discharge
0,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 069m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 101.2 km²51.7% of basin
- 94.4 km²48.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
30 distinct species · 39 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
890mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
130mm/an
PET
1 540mm
AET
753mm
Mean slope
8,6°
Water table
577cm
Forest
80%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)