HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081462410
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 : Epupa, Tombwa
Sub-basin area
368,7km²
Upstream area
101 730,6km²
Discharge
217,4m³/s
Mean elev.
936m
Administrative coverage
Species present
57 distinct species · 76 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
193mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,86
Runoff
17mm/an
PET
1 379mm
AET
165mm
Mean slope
14,5°
Water table
904cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)