HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294420
Bassin de Kugu
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 : Alto Cauale, Calandula, Massango
Sub-basin area
2 850,6km²
Upstream area
2 850,6km²
Discharge
26,2m³/s
Mean elev.
778m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MassangoMalanje · Angola2708.1 km²95.4% of basin
- CalandulaMalanje · Angola82.1 km²2.9% of basin
- Alto CaualeUíge · Angola48.5 km²1.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,1°C
Annual rain
1 242mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
291mm/an
PET
1 806mm
AET
1 051mm
Mean slope
6,1°
Water table
403cm
Forest
97%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)