HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081416740
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
133,3km²
Upstream area
7 461,6km²
Discharge
12,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 198m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081415500748 km²
- Bassin de Quembo520 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola79.5 km²59.9% of basin
- 53.3 km²40.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
888mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
1 896mm
AET
750mm
Mean slope
2,0°
Water table
342cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)