HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081293910
Bassin de Luita
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 : Caungula, Cuilo, Kahemba
Sub-basin area
1 087,3km²
Upstream area
1 087,3km²
Discharge
15,3m³/s
Mean elev.
1 073m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 558.9 km²51.6% of basin
- 375.1 km²34.6% of basin
- Cuilo148.8 km²13.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 38 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 575mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,11
Runoff
444mm/an
PET
1 773mm
AET
1 265mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
236cm
Forest
92%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)