HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081382990
Bassin de Cuiva
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 : Ganda, Tchindjenje
Sub-basin area
349,4km²
Upstream area
3 323,6km²
Discharge
67,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 439m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cambua-Cabulo1039 km²
- Bassin de Cuiva227 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- TchindjenjeHuambo · Angola183.9 km²52.8% of basin
- GandaBenguela · Angola164.2 km²47.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
1 287mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
517mm/an
PET
1 607mm
AET
1 035mm
Mean slope
6,0°
Water table
397cm
Forest
98%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)