HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081416050
Bassin de Rio Cuanavale
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
1 065,2km²
Upstream area
5 509km²
Discharge
13,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 314m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Cuanavale443 km²
- Bassin de Rio Cuanavale347 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 771.1 km²72.7% of basin
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola290.2 km²27.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 10 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
957mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
26mm/an
PET
1 888mm
AET
809mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
361cm
Forest
93%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)