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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Calonga1263 km²
- Bassin de Cunene371 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 408.1 km²53.6% of basin
- 324.2 km²42.6% of basin
- 29.3 km²3.8% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mupa National Park
IUCN IINational Park
393.65 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
58 distinct species · 77 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 18 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Cunene : 14 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 29 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 19.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 4 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
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)