List of rivers in Angola

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The climatic zones of Angola with the main catchment areas (dotted lines)

The list of rivers in Angola includes the major rivers in Angola .

Precipitation in the South African country is unevenly distributed. It decreases from north to south. In the humid north, up to 1600 mm of precipitation falls, while in the south only around 100 to 200 mm. The highlands of Bié form the country's " water tower " . Here the precipitation is around 1200 mm. From there, Angola is divided into 5 main catchment areas.

The two largest are those of the Congo and the Zambezi . Together they drain over 40% of the country's area. The areas that run off over the Okavango are around 12%. Thus, a good half of the country drains out of the country via very large catchment areas. Then there is the Cuanza , also with around 12%, and the Cunene with just under 8%. Mention should be made of the Cuvelai-Etosha catchment area, which drains to the south. The remaining 20% ​​of the country are coastal rivers

In the following, the rivers are sorted by catchment area and alphabetically.

According to catchment areas

Congo

Kasai (Cassai)

Catchment area of ​​the Kasai

Further

Zambezi

Course of the upper Samesi with its tributaries
  • Lunache
  • Luena
    • Lumeje
  • Lufuigi
  • Lunkunyi
  • Makondu
  • Lungwebungu (Lungué Bungo)
    • Lutai
    • Lulo
    • Lutembwe
  • Luanginga (Luio)
    • Lucula
    • Mussuma
    • Northern Lueti
      • Caput
      • Luachi
  • Southern Lueti
  • Cuando (Linyanti, Chobe)
    • Cuembo
    • Cocoio
    • Cussivi
    • Cuaio
      • Cutuile
    • Lomba
    • Cubia
      • Namomo
    • Luiana (Capembe)
      • Maningo
      • Luangundo
      • Uasseque
        • Candombe
          • Canga

Okavango (Cubango)

River system of the Okavango
  • Cutato
  • Bale
  • Cuchi
  • Cacuchi
    • Cuelel
      • Cusseque
  • Cuebe
  • Cuelo
  • Cuatir
    • Luatuta-Capongo
  • Chissombo
  • Cuito
    • Cuvalai
    • Cuanavale
    • Cuma
    • Longa
      • Cuirtri
      • Luassings
    • Utembo

Cuanza

River system of the Cuanza

Kunene (Cunene)

River system of the Kunene
  • Cussa
    • Cussava
  • Catape
  • Que
  • Kalonga
  • Osse
  • Calonga
  • Caculavar
    • Mucopo

Coastal rivers

Alphabetical

B.

C.

D - I

  • Dala
  • Dande
  • Engiva-Uiri
  • Evale
  • Gango
  • Giraúl
  • Gove
  • Gulungo
  • In the
  • Indo
  • Inkisi
  • Inzia
  • Ipembe

K

L.

M - W

Catchment area distribution of the country in percent

Catchment area Square kilometre Percent of the country's area
Congo 291,500 23.4
Zambezi 252,600 20.3
Cuanza 157,000 12.6
Okavango 150,100 12.0
Kunene 95,300 7.6
Etosha-Cuvelai 70,000 (approx.) 5.6
Catumbela 16,700 1.3
More coastal rivers 214,000 17.2
Angola overall 1,246,700 100

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geomorphological and hydroclimatic characterization of Catumbela River basin
  2. ↑ US military maps at loadmap.net
  3. ^ On Africa's River Basin Organization - Source Book. Retrieved March 23, 2020 (English).