HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081257080
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Caungula, Feshi, Gungu, Kahemba, Kasongo-Lunda +2
Sub-basin area
9 808,6km²
Upstream area
9 808,9km²
Discharge
135,26m³/s
Mean elev.
997m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 3289.3 km²33.7% of basin
- 2407.0 km²24.6% of basin
- 1686.9 km²17.3% of basin
- 1262.0 km²12.9% of basin
- 867.6 km²8.9% of basin
- Lubalo166.0 km²1.7% of basin
- 88.0 km²0.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
124 distinct species · 192 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°
21,8°C
Annual rain
1 645mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,04
Runoff
413mm/an
PET
1 711mm
AET
1 289mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
316cm
Forest
84%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)