HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081429580
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
15,7km²
Upstream area
21 258,6km²
Discharge
57,5m³/s
Mean elev.
1 219m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuelei2564 km²
- Bassin de Cuchi451 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Menongue12.0 km²76.5% of basin
- 3.7 km²23.5% 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
805mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
89mm/an
PET
1 922mm
AET
680mm
Mean slope
1,4°
Water table
171cm
Forest
6%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)