HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081414270
Bassin de Massango
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 4 administrative regions : Caluquembe, Lubango, Quilengues, Tchipungo
Sub-basin area
453,7km²
Upstream area
453,7km²
Discharge
1,81m³/s
Mean elev.
1 472m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 238.3 km²52.7% of basin
- 213.2 km²47.2% of basin
- 0.5 km²0.1% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
139mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
416cm
Forest
56%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)