HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081341790
Bassin · #1081341790
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 : Luquembo, Quirima, Xá Muteba
Sub-basin area
614,6km²
Upstream area
2 588,4km²
Discharge
46,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 205m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813447601540 km²
- Bassin · #1081344860434 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 403mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
446mm/an
PET
1 716mm
AET
1 123mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
330cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)