HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081448920
Bassin · #1081448920
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 : Cuangar, Menongue
Sub-basin area
462km²
Upstream area
462km²
Discharge
0,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 189m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Menongue367.4 km²79.8% of basin
- Cuangar93.0 km²20.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 15 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
719mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
46mm/an
PET
1 943mm
AET
606mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
238cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)