HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081449620
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 1 administrative regions : Ombadja
Sub-basin area
460,3km²
Upstream area
52 712,8km²
Discharge
266,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 130m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cunene1016 km²
- Bassin de Cunene764 km²
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
24 distinct species · 49 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°
23,3°C
Annual rain
659mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
42mm/an
PET
1 965mm
AET
555mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
48cm
Forest
0%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)