HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081461550
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
384,4km²
Upstream area
57 712km²
Discharge
72,41m³/s
Mean elev.
1 002m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuando979 km²
- Bassin · #1081457860351 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo246.1 km²64.2% of basin
- 137.0 km²35.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
243.36 km² overlap
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
145.88 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
97 distinct species · 103 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 21 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 : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 0 bulles famille, 12 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 5.7%, 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
682mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,63
Runoff
47mm/an
PET
1 860mm
AET
575mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
19cm
Forest
9%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)