HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081240520
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 : Kenge, Popokabaka
Sub-basin area
2 835,9km²
Upstream area
129 011,6km²
Discharge
1 206,8m³/s
Mean elev.
607m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwango242 km²
- Bassin de Kwango4 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1849.6 km²65.5% of basin
- 974.0 km²34.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
43 distinct species · 62 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 566mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
441mm/an
PET
1 692mm
AET
1 272mm
Mean slope
8,0°
Water table
431cm
Forest
74%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)