HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081317370
Bassin · #1081317370
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 : Calandula, Caombo, Cuaba Nzogo
Sub-basin area
574,9km²
Upstream area
575km²
Discharge
5,34m³/s
Mean elev.
1 176m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cuaba NzogoMalanje · Angola493.1 km²86.1% of basin
- 53.2 km²9.3% of basin
- CalandulaMalanje · Angola26.2 km²4.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
31 distinct species · 56 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 129mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
293mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
954mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
216cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)