HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081419560
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 2 administrative regions : Jamba, Matala
Sub-basin area
798,2km²
Upstream area
798,2km²
Discharge
3,24m³/s
Mean elev.
1 352m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 439.5 km²55.3% of basin
- 355.8 km²44.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 7 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
906mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
129mm/an
PET
1 791mm
AET
766mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
291cm
Forest
76%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)