HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081343510
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 : Luquembo, Quirima
Sub-basin area
2 626,9km²
Upstream area
15 875,8km²
Discharge
268,13m³/s
Mean elev.
1 145m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwando1901 km²
- Bassin de Lwando832 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
1052.02 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
217 distinct species · 428 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 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 : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 3 bulles famille, 12 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
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 310mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
522mm/an
PET
1 724mm
AET
1 070mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
121cm
Forest
97%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
34%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)