HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081421390
Bassin · #1081421390
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
926,8km²
Upstream area
926,8km²
Discharge
1,42m³/s
Mean elev.
1 053m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 765.4 km²82.9% of basin
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola158.1 km²17.1% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
729.25 km² overlap
Lilundu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.03 km² overlap
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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,7°C
Annual rain
941mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,50
Runoff
51mm/an
PET
1 880mm
AET
794mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
18cm
Forest
6%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
13%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)