HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081299680
Bassin de Rio Luana
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 : Cambulo, Lucapa
Sub-basin area
351,4km²
Upstream area
4 232km²
Discharge
33,09m³/s
Mean elev.
817m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Luana869 km²
- Bassin · #1081302120172 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lucapa211.6 km²60.5% of basin
- 138.3 km²39.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 65 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 465mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
286mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
1 234mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
282cm
Forest
93%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)