HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373220
Bassin de Luena
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 : Alto Zambeze, Cameia, Moxico
Sub-basin area
1 015,9km²
Upstream area
19 635,1km²
Discharge
170,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 105m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081373360948 km²
- Bassin de Luena286 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Alto ZambezeMoxico · Angola538.3 km²53.2% of basin
- 418.2 km²41.3% of basin
- 55.5 km²5.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Cameia National Park
IUCN IINational Park
289.63 km² overlap
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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 215mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
335mm/an
PET
1 864mm
AET
1 020mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
8cm
Forest
10%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
36%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)