HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081344760

Bassin · #1081344760

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

Pfafstetter: 13184049

Sub-basin area

1 539,6km²

Upstream area

1 539,6km²

Discharge

27,54m³/s

Mean elev.

1 274m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #1081341790615 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Quirima
Malanje · Angola
1393.6 km²
90.9% of basin
Xá Muteba
Lunda Norte · Angola
117.0 km²
7.6% of basin
Luquembo
Malanje · Angola
22.9 km²
1.5% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

5 distinct species · 6 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°

20,5°C

Annual rain

1 403mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,19

Runoff

494mm/an

PET

1 723mm

AET

1 109mm

Mean slope

4,4°

Water table

393cm

Forest

100%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)