HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081413090
Bassin de Quembo
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 : Cuito Cuanavale, Luchazes
Sub-basin area
570,6km²
Upstream area
5 296,4km²
Discharge
11,36m³/s
Mean elev.
1 239m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Quembo425 km²
- Bassin de Quembo233 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola335.1 km²58.9% of basin
- 233.5 km²41.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
937mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 905mm
AET
791mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
394cm
Forest
100%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)