HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373580
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 : Ekunha, Huambo, Londuimbale
Sub-basin area
141,2km²
Upstream area
3 010,1km²
Discharge
55,17m³/s
Mean elev.
1 496m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Queve1660 km²
- Bassin de Umumué1209 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LonduimbaleHuambo · Angola60.1 km²42.7% of basin
- HuamboHuambo · Angola45.9 km²32.6% of basin
- EkunhaHuambo · Angola34.7 km²24.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 7 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
1 279mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
621mm/an
PET
1 612mm
AET
1 042mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
304cm
Forest
97%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)