HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081469980
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, Sesheke
Sub-basin area
196,9km²
Upstream area
110 033,2km²
Discharge
100,12m³/s
Mean elev.
988m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cuando1319 km²
- Bassin de Cuando773 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo122.7 km²62.5% of basin
- 73.6 km²37.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
112.68 km² overlap
Sioma Ngwezi
IUCN IINational Park
83.60 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
79 distinct species · 117 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 6 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 : 5 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 5 interactions GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 33.3%, 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
631mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
40mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
532mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
41cm
Forest
50%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)