HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081452420
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Rivungo, Shang'ombo
Sub-basin area
151km²
Upstream area
55 542,9km²
Discharge
73,32m³/s
Mean elev.
1 023m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuando1274 km²
- Bassin de Cuando465 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo137.0 km²91.0% of basin
- 13.5 km²9.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Mavinga National Park
IUCN IINational Park
137.90 km² overlap
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
13.44 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
728mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,61
Runoff
75mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
614mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
18cm
Forest
24%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
4%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)