HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081451420
Bassin de Cuando
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Lumbala-Nguimbo, Rivungo, Shang'ombo, Sikongo
Sub-basin area
1 273,8km²
Upstream area
52 244km²
Discharge
64,82m³/s
Mean elev.
1 037m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuando1741 km²
- Bassin · #1081439080259 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo926.7 km²73.0% of basin
- Lumbala-NguimboMoxico · Angola180.2 km²14.2% of basin
- 145.2 km²11.4% of basin
- 17.3 km²1.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Mavinga National Park
IUCN IINational Park
916.58 km² overlap
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
169.55 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
200 distinct species · 504 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 17 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 Cuando : 15 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
777mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,58
Runoff
94mm/an
PET
1 862mm
AET
656mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
23cm
Forest
36%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)