HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081407370
Bassin de Cuchi
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 : Chinguar, Chitembo, Cuchi
Sub-basin area
2 339,4km²
Upstream area
3 282,3km²
Discharge
18,15m³/s
Mean elev.
1 608m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuchi132 km²
- Bassin de Cuchi102 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1691.8 km²72.6% of basin
- 455.7 km²19.6% of basin
- 183.1 km²7.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 17 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°
19,6°C
Annual rain
1 145mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
163mm/an
PET
1 699mm
AET
953mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
315cm
Forest
100%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)