HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081276590

Bassin de Lufunde

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 : Bembe, Cuimba, Damba

Pfafstetter: 13190865

Sub-basin area

798,4km²

Upstream area

1 555,4km²

Discharge

35,41m³/s

Mean elev.

658m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Lufunde8 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Lufunde149 km²
Bassin de Lufunde66 km²

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Cuimba
Zaire · Angola
411.7 km²
51.8% of basin
Damba
Uíge · Angola
312.3 km²
39.3% of basin
Bembe
Uíge · Angola
71.0 km²
8.9% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

5 distinct species · 8 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°

23,4°C

Annual rain

1 174mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,25

Runoff

656mm/an

PET

1 569mm

AET

985mm

Mean slope

4,3°

Water table

172cm

Forest

93%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)