HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1080020190
Bassin · #1080020190
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Buco Zau, Landana, Loandjili, Mvouti
Sub-basin area
737,8km²
Upstream area
737,8km²
Discharge
6,65m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 646.7 km²88.0% of basin
- Buco ZauCabinda · Angola45.5 km²6.2% of basin
- 30.7 km²4.2% of basin
- 11.6 km²1.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 49 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°
25,0°C
Annual rain
1 015mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
298mm/an
PET
1 392mm
AET
857mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
173cm
Forest
75%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)