HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081270190
Bassin de Tau
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 : Kimvula, Madimba, Maquela do Zombo
Sub-basin area
1 867km²
Upstream area
1 867km²
Discharge
22,68m³/s
Mean elev.
775m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Maquela do ZomboUíge · Angola1339.1 km²72.0% of basin
- 411.9 km²22.2% of basin
- 107.9 km²5.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
38 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
1 410mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
443mm/an
PET
1 624mm
AET
1 163mm
Mean slope
6,3°
Water table
381cm
Forest
79%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)