HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081464580
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
649,5km²
Upstream area
60 781,4km²
Discharge
70,38m³/s
Mean elev.
998m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10814617002420 km²
- Bassin de Cuando384 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo592.2 km²91.5% of basin
- 55.2 km²8.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
586.53 km² overlap
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
64.82 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 63 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 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 : 6 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 8 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 38.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
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
662mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,64
Runoff
41mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
558mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
19cm
Forest
12%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
91%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)