HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081414930
Bassin de Rio Luassinga
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, Menongue
Sub-basin area
514,8km²
Upstream area
515km²
Discharge
0,31m³/s
Mean elev.
1 446m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 293.9 km²57.3% of basin
- Menongue219.1 km²42.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 63 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
976mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
23mm/an
PET
1 845mm
AET
825mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
354cm
Forest
91%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)