HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081392050
Bassin de Catumbela
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 : Caconda, Caluquembe, Ganda
Sub-basin area
1 299,5km²
Upstream area
1 299,5km²
Discharge
20,99m³/s
Mean elev.
1 653m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 606.2 km²46.8% of basin
- GandaBenguela · Angola508.8 km²39.3% of basin
- 179.6 km²13.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
62 distinct species · 104 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 8 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Catumbela : 5 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 3 bulles famille, 7 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 25.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 3 bulles regroupent des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,2°C
Annual rain
1 214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
423mm/an
PET
1 594mm
AET
966mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
345cm
Forest
74%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)