HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081373720
Bassin de Kukema
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 : Camacupa, Catabola, Kuito
Sub-basin area
1 015,1km²
Upstream area
6 438,4km²
Discharge
78,31m³/s
Mean elev.
1 363m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chissonga585 km²
- Bassin de Kukema26 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 512.5 km²50.7% of basin
- 320.8 km²31.7% of basin
- 177.8 km²17.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 10 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 213mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
461mm/an
PET
1 725mm
AET
990mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
127cm
Forest
97%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)