HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081334750
Bassin · #1081334750
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 : Cambundi-Catembo, Cangandala
Sub-basin area
572km²
Upstream area
572km²
Discharge
4,95m³/s
Mean elev.
1 108m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CangandalaMalanje · Angola365.6 km²64.2% of basin
- Cambundi-CatemboMalanje · Angola204.1 km²35.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
275mm/an
PET
1 731mm
AET
1 026mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
82cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)