HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081413680
Bassin de Cunene
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 : Chicomba, Jamba, Matala
Sub-basin area
1 057,8km²
Upstream area
18 943,8km²
Discharge
161,19m³/s
Mean elev.
1 317m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cunene550 km²
- Bassin de Cunene266 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 509.4 km²48.3% of basin
- 379.3 km²36.0% of basin
- 165.3 km²15.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
25 distinct species · 34 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Cunene : 3 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 3 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 50.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,5°C
Annual rain
956mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
184mm/an
PET
1 761mm
AET
808mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
291cm
Forest
85%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)