HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081260340
Bassin de Loango
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 across 2 countries : Cuimba, Maquela do Zombo, Mbanza-Ngungu
Sub-basin area
1 231,4km²
Upstream area
1 231,4km²
Discharge
19,41m³/s
Mean elev.
577m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 643.8 km²52.5% of basin
- Maquela do ZomboUíge · Angola390.6 km²31.9% of basin
- 191.7 km²15.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 271mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
518mm/an
PET
1 565mm
AET
1 053mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
231cm
Forest
89%
Crops
9%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)