HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081342750
Bassin · #1081342750
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
1 028,5km²
Upstream area
3 986,2km²
Discharge
64,22m³/s
Mean elev.
1 136m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081341790615 km²
- Bassin · #1081341740369 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cambundi-CatemboMalanje · Angola558.5 km²54.5% of basin
- LuquemboMalanje · Angola465.8 km²45.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 311mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
411mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
1 089mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
115cm
Forest
90%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)