HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081365530
Bassin · #1081365530
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 5 administrative regions : Camacupa, Catabola, Cunhinga, Kuito, Nharea
Sub-basin area
1 435,6km²
Upstream area
1 435,6km²
Discharge
28,08m³/s
Mean elev.
1 573m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 961.9 km²67.3% of basin
- 293.4 km²20.5% of basin
- 98.3 km²6.9% of basin
- 58.6 km²4.1% of basin
- 17.8 km²1.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 17 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
1 296mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
616mm/an
PET
1 647mm
AET
1 013mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
270cm
Forest
96%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)