HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081328020
Bassin · #1081328020
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 : Muconda, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
141,9km²
Upstream area
4 545,5km²
Discharge
44,84m³/s
Mean elev.
1 063m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813296301534 km²
- Bassin · #1081329640568 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 97.8 km²69.2% of basin
- 43.5 km²30.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
1 403mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
243mm/an
PET
1 888mm
AET
1 159mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
281cm
Forest
96%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)