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
Species present
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°
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)