HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081381370
Bassin de Rio Cuchi
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 2 administrative regions : Chinguar, Kuito
Sub-basin area
520,8km²
Upstream area
520,8km²
Discharge
7,55m³/s
Mean elev.
1 737m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 379.0 km²73.1% of basin
- 139.8 km²26.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 13 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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
1 275mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
491mm/an
PET
1 586mm
AET
1 013mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
236cm
Forest
38%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)