HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081253630
Bassin de Kwengo
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 : Gungu, Masi-Manimba
Sub-basin area
182km²
Upstream area
14 041km²
Discharge
179,63m³/s
Mean elev.
499m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081254550859 km²
- Bassin de Kwengo452 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 93.0 km²51.3% of basin
- 88.2 km²48.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
1 608mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,05
Runoff
303mm/an
PET
1 686mm
AET
1 323mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
187cm
Forest
85%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)