HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081391160
Bassin de Cubango
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 : Chipindo, Kuvango, Tchicala-Tcholoanga
Sub-basin area
431,3km²
Upstream area
431,3km²
Discharge
3,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 664m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Tchicala-TcholoangaHuambo · Angola326.9 km²76.1% of basin
- 92.9 km²21.6% of basin
- 9.8 km²2.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 25 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
1 205mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
257mm/an
PET
1 655mm
AET
991mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
305cm
Forest
86%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)