HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081420130
Bassin de Cuando
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 : Luchazes, Mavinga
Sub-basin area
640,6km²
Upstream area
640,7km²
Discharge
1,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola638.2 km²100.0% of basin
- Mavinga0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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
915mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,51
Runoff
60mm/an
PET
1 879mm
AET
773mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
333cm
Forest
78%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)