HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081396390
Bassin · #1081396390
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 : Chitembo, Cuito Cuanavale, Luchazes
Sub-basin area
724,6km²
Upstream area
725,1km²
Discharge
3,08m³/s
Mean elev.
1 499m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 402.0 km²55.7% of basin
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola201.3 km²27.9% of basin
- 118.7 km²16.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 110mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,38
Runoff
155mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
936mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
424cm
Forest
91%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)