HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081338700
Bassin de Lwando
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, Luquembo
Sub-basin area
1 164km²
Upstream area
22 954,3km²
Discharge
375,16m³/s
Mean elev.
1 095m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwando2627 km²
- Bassin de Jombo175 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuquemboMalanje · Angola636.5 km²54.9% of basin
- Cambundi-CatemboMalanje · Angola522.9 km²45.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
609.25 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 17 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Lwando : 4 espèces reliées par 2 interactions GloBI sur 1 type (connectance 33.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 229mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
425mm/an
PET
1 712mm
AET
1 038mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
76cm
Forest
84%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)