HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081261380
Bassin de Loanza
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, Mbanza-Ngungu, Songololo
Sub-basin area
431,1km²
Upstream area
431,2km²
Discharge
5,24m³/s
Mean elev.
498m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 415.5 km²96.8% of basin
- 7.7 km²1.8% of basin
- 6.0 km²1.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
31 distinct species · 42 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 267mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
393mm/an
PET
1 522mm
AET
1 040mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
190cm
Forest
57%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)