HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081367830
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
60,7km²
Upstream area
8 087,1km²
Discharge
159,68m³/s
Mean elev.
1 428m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Queve2026 km²
- Bassin de Etala1475 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LonduimbaleHuambo · Angola44.5 km²73.6% of basin
- BailundoHuambo · Angola14.6 km²24.2% of basin
- 1.4 km²2.2% of basin
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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 200mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
606mm/an
PET
1 612mm
AET
1 012mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
268cm
Forest
92%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)