HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081399030
Bassin de Luanginga
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 1 administrative regions : Lumbala-Nguimbo
Sub-basin area
213,8km²
Upstream area
6 302,7km²
Discharge
2,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 147m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luanginga3674 km²
- Bassin de Luanginga2414 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola213.0 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
1 059mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
91mm/an
PET
1 869mm
AET
895mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
272cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)