HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081327200
Bassin · #1081327200
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 4 administrative regions : Cangandala, Cuaba Nzogo, Malanje, Mucari
Sub-basin area
731km²
Upstream area
731km²
Discharge
4,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 182m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MucariMalanje · Angola455.2 km²62.5% of basin
- MalanjeMalanje · Angola242.0 km²33.2% of basin
- Cuaba NzogoMalanje · Angola30.5 km²4.2% of basin
- CangandalaMalanje · Angola0.2 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
15 distinct species · 18 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 227mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 775mm
AET
1 037mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
196cm
Forest
85%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)