HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081461600
Bassin · #1081461600
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 : Cuanhama, Namakunde
Sub-basin area
392,5km²
Upstream area
8 244,3km²
Discharge
6,26m³/s
Mean elev.
1 120m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814605301440 km²
- Bassin · #10814604801348 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 264.8 km²67.7% of basin
- 126.4 km²32.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
9 distinct species · 9 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
596mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,70
Runoff
24mm/an
PET
1 962mm
AET
502mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
7cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)