HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390230
Bassin de Cuito
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, Chitembo, Luchazes
Sub-basin area
1 519,7km²
Upstream area
1 519,8km²
Discharge
14,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 463m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola1458.5 km²96.3% of basin
- 49.9 km²3.3% of basin
- 5.5 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 5 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 167mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
290mm/an
PET
1 784mm
AET
970mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
407cm
Forest
85%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)