HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428730
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 : Lumbala-Nguimbo, Mavinga
Sub-basin area
1 312,8km²
Upstream area
29 598,5km²
Discharge
29,32m³/s
Mean elev.
1 104m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuando1791 km²
- Bassin de Cuando140 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola842.3 km²64.4% of basin
- Mavinga465.9 km²35.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
76 distinct species · 141 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°
20,9°C
Annual rain
883mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,53
Runoff
107mm/an
PET
1 869mm
AET
746mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
115cm
Forest
80%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)