HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081472830
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 3 administrative regions across 3 countries : Kongola, Rivungo, Sesheke
Sub-basin area
1 049,5km²
Upstream area
113 962,9km²
Discharge
82,11m³/s
Mean elev.
1 001m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081469990372 km²
- Bassin de Cuando197 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 514.4 km²49.2% of basin
- 425.8 km²40.7% of basin
- Rivungo105.9 km²10.1% of basin
7 intersecting protected areas
West Zambezi
IUCN VIGame Management Area
314.52 km² overlap
Zambezi
IUCN VIState Forest
263.02 km² overlap
Sioma Ngwezi
IUCN IINational Park
214.14 km² overlap
Kwandu
IUCN Not ReportedCommunity Forest
130.06 km² overlap
Kwandu
IUCN Not ReportedCommunal Conservancy
107.81 km² overlap
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
93.15 km² overlap
Bwabwata
IUCN VINational Park
37.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
606 distinct species · 2 733 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 13 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 : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 9 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 11.5%, 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
640mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,66
Runoff
15mm/an
PET
1 855mm
AET
539mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
52cm
Forest
41%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
96%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)