HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081390440

Bassin de Cubal da Hanha

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 : Caluquembe, Cubal, Ganda

Pfafstetter: 13138029

Sub-basin area

615,4km²

Upstream area

615,4km²

Discharge

10,08m³/s

Mean elev.

1 650m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Cubal da Hanha232 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Ganda
Benguela · Angola
288.5 km²
47.1% of basin
Caluquembe
Huíla · Angola
239.1 km²
39.0% of basin
Cubal
Benguela · Angola
85.4 km²
13.9% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

12 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°

18,0°C

Annual rain

1 227mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,22

Runoff

407mm/an

PET

1 572mm

AET

968mm

Mean slope

5,8°

Water table

447cm

Forest

56%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)