HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081447290
Bassin · #1081447290
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 : Gambos, Virei
Sub-basin area
638,9km²
Upstream area
638,9km²
Discharge
2,14m³/s
Mean elev.
1 216m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- VireiNamibe · Angola628.8 km²98.8% of basin
- 7.8 km²1.2% 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
426mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,73
Runoff
103mm/an
PET
1 578mm
AET
360mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
616cm
Forest
0%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)