HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081389220
Bassin de Coporolo
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 : Baía Farta, Caiambambo, Chongoroi
Sub-basin area
626,5km²
Upstream area
4 013,9km²
Discharge
35,86m³/s
Mean elev.
671m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Chongoroi599 km²
- Bassin de Coporolo317 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- CaiambamboBenguela · Angola299.5 km²48.0% of basin
- Baía FartaBenguela · Angola167.3 km²26.8% of basin
- ChongoroiBenguela · Angola157.4 km²25.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
859mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
189mm/an
PET
1 551mm
AET
727mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
474cm
Forest
35%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)