HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081444300
Bassin · #1081444300
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lumbala-Nguimbo, Shang'ombo, Sikongo
Sub-basin area
1 056km²
Upstream area
1 056,1km²
Discharge
0,84m³/s
Mean elev.
1 045m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 584.4 km²55.5% of basin
- 287.7 km²27.3% of basin
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola180.3 km²17.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
859.89 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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,9°C
Annual rain
820mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,56
Runoff
13mm/an
PET
1 864mm
AET
692mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
13cm
Forest
4%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)