HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081356230
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
49,3km²
Upstream area
9 882,7km²
Discharge
160,76m³/s
Mean elev.
1 127m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwando3035 km²
- Bassin de Dunda1237 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
38.41 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 285mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
563mm/an
PET
1 749mm
AET
1 044mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
47cm
Forest
79%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
74%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)