HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081283010
Bassin · #1081283010
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 2 administrative regions : Damba, Mucaba
Sub-basin area
248,9km²
Upstream area
248,9km²
Discharge
5,45m³/s
Mean elev.
948m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- DambaUíge · Angola199.4 km²80.5% of basin
- 48.4 km²19.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 27 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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 248mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,22
Runoff
672mm/an
PET
1 595mm
AET
1 040mm
Mean slope
6,1°
Water table
300cm
Forest
95%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)