HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081307070
Bassin de Dande
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 : Bolongongo, Bula Atumba, Quitexe
Sub-basin area
861,6km²
Upstream area
3 062,2km²
Discharge
46,1m³/s
Mean elev.
767m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dande1383 km²
- Bassin de Dande817 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- QuitexeUíge · Angola663.5 km²77.3% of basin
- Bolongongo187.5 km²21.8% of basin
- 7.0 km²0.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
246 distinct species · 447 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
389mm/an
PET
1 653mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
4,6°
Water table
334cm
Forest
94%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)