HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081223960
Bassin de Kwango
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 : Bagata, Kwamouth
Sub-basin area
250,4km²
Upstream area
173 202,3km²
Discharge
1 680,42m³/s
Mean elev.
334m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lewana986 km²
- Bassin de Kwango68 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 147.9 km²59.3% of basin
- 101.3 km²40.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 21 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
1 578mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
311mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
1 329mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
72cm
Forest
83%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)