HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081460260
Bassin de Cuito
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 : Calai, Mavinga
Sub-basin area
277,2km²
Upstream area
51 293,1km²
Discharge
94,88m³/s
Mean elev.
1 145m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuito791 km²
- Bassin de Cuito203 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mavinga170.6 km²61.8% of basin
- 105.6 km²38.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
12 distinct species · 18 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
648mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
1 894mm
AET
546mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
230cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)