HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080019180
Bassin de Queve
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 : Porto Amboim, Sumbe
Sub-basin area
196,4km²
Upstream area
22 908,3km²
Discharge
369,01m³/s
Mean elev.
83m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Queve3702 km²
- Bassin de Afluente do Cuvo999 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Porto Amboim189.0 km²96.6% of basin
- Sumbe6.6 km²3.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 15 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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
523mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 413mm
AET
443mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
382cm
Forest
0%
Crops
1%
Urban
8%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)