HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081364270
Bassin de Queve
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 : Bailundo, Cassongue, Londuimbale
Sub-basin area
279,1km²
Upstream area
9 466,7km²
Discharge
186,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 440m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Babaera791 km²
- Bassin de Queve7 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BailundoHuambo · Angola143.0 km²51.4% of basin
- 135.0 km²48.6% of basin
- LonduimbaleHuambo · Angola0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
27 distinct species · 35 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 187mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
592mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
1 003mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
414cm
Forest
100%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)