HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081369210
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 4 administrative regions : Bailundo, Ekunha, Huambo, Londuimbale
Sub-basin area
2 025,8km²
Upstream area
6 551,1km²
Discharge
129,22m³/s
Mean elev.
1 553m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chitonga1516 km²
- Bassin de Queve141 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BailundoHuambo · Angola1443.3 km²71.5% of basin
- LonduimbaleHuambo · Angola566.5 km²28.1% of basin
- HuamboHuambo · Angola7.5 km²0.4% of basin
- EkunhaHuambo · Angola0.7 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
267 distinct species · 531 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Queve : 14 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 2 bulles famille, 10 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 8.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 2 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,7°C
Annual rain
1 273mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
634mm/an
PET
1 599mm
AET
1 039mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
349cm
Forest
91%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)