HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294270
Bassin de Vamba
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 : Ambuila, Nambuangongo, Quitexe
Sub-basin area
979,5km²
Upstream area
979,5km²
Discharge
12,94m³/s
Mean elev.
684m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 624.4 km²64.0% of basin
- QuitexeUíge · Angola333.4 km²34.2% of basin
- 17.5 km²1.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
84 distinct species · 147 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
664mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,60
Runoff
404mm/an
PET
1 652mm
AET
561mm
Mean slope
6,2°
Water table
372cm
Forest
97%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)