HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081420050
Bassin · #1081420050
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 across 2 countries : Lumbala-Nguimbo, Sikongo
Sub-basin area
473,2km²
Upstream area
473,2km²
Discharge
1,38m³/s
Mean elev.
1 044m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 436.0 km²92.5% of basin
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola35.5 km²7.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
426.77 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 48 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
1 051mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
97mm/an
PET
1 905mm
AET
888mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
5%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
90%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)