HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081367520
Bassin de Rio Cuanza
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 1 administrative regions : Camacupa
Sub-basin area
159,5km²
Upstream area
23 323,6km²
Discharge
289,53m³/s
Mean elev.
1 332m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza541 km²
- Bassin de Kukema392 km²
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
38 distinct species · 59 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 248mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,28
Runoff
475mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
1 007mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
155cm
Forest
96%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)