HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081428910
Bassin de Cuchi
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 : Cuchi, Menongue
Sub-basin area
450,6km²
Upstream area
13 514,7km²
Discharge
39,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 286m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuchi2110 km²
- Bassin de Cuchi1745 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 448.5 km²99.9% of basin
- Menongue0.5 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
833mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
77mm/an
PET
1 905mm
AET
703mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
326cm
Forest
23%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)