HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081447300
Bassin de Cunene
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 : Cuvelai, Matala, Ombadja
Sub-basin area
764,1km²
Upstream area
51 236,6km²
Discharge
275,15m³/s
Mean elev.
1 140m
Administrative coverage
Species present
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°
23,2°C
Annual rain
677mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
48mm/an
PET
1 961mm
AET
570mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
61cm
Forest
5%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
50%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)