HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081447310
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 2 administrative regions : Cuvelai, Ombadja
Sub-basin area
1 016km²
Upstream area
1 016km²
Discharge
1,54m³/s
Mean elev.
1 167m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 809.5 km²80.0% of basin
- 203.0 km²20.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Mupa National Park
IUCN IINational Park
950.31 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 11 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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
685mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,65
Runoff
44mm/an
PET
1 962mm
AET
578mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
76cm
Forest
2%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)