HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081409730
Bassin de Cacuchi
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 2 administrative regions : Chitembo, Cuchi
Sub-basin area
1 425,4km²
Upstream area
4 067,3km²
Discharge
17,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 521m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cacuchi178 km²
- Bassin de Cacuchi24 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 923.9 km²65.1% of basin
- 496.2 km²34.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 5 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 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
78mm/an
PET
1 770mm
AET
884mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
318cm
Forest
100%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)