HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081459070
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Curoca, Epupa
Sub-basin area
696km²
Upstream area
96 529,8km²
Discharge
212,26m³/s
Mean elev.
827m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cunene129 km²
- Bassin de Cunene15 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 510.6 km²73.6% of basin
- 183.0 km²26.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Epupa
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
176.92 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
264 distinct species · 659 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 11 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 Cunene : 11 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 6 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 10.9%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
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
277mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,83
Runoff
53mm/an
PET
1 627mm
AET
233mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
491cm
Forest
0%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
25%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)