HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081404070
Bassin de Cutato Nganguela
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 5 administrative regions : Catchiungo, Chinguar, Chitembo, Cuchi, Kuvango
Sub-basin area
2 531,5km²
Upstream area
3 064,8km²
Discharge
19,86m³/s
Mean elev.
1 618m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 995.6 km²39.5% of basin
- CatchiungoHuambo · Angola592.2 km²23.5% of basin
- 483.6 km²19.2% of basin
- 390.7 km²15.5% of basin
- 60.0 km²2.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
26 distinct species · 32 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°
19,4°C
Annual rain
1 178mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
227mm/an
PET
1 671mm
AET
974mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
291cm
Forest
88%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)