HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081288570
Bassin · #1081288570
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 : Mucaba, Songo, Uíge
Sub-basin area
209,3km²
Upstream area
209,3km²
Discharge
4,23m³/s
Mean elev.
954m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- SongoUíge · Angola107.8 km²51.7% of basin
- 60.5 km²29.0% of basin
- 40.1 km²19.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 13 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 278mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
627mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
1 048mm
Mean slope
8,4°
Water table
351cm
Forest
81%
Crops
1%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)