HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081261510
Bassin de Kwilu
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cuimba, Mbanza-Ngungu, Songololo
Sub-basin area
209,2km²
Upstream area
1 380,5km²
Discharge
22,8m³/s
Mean elev.
465m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwilu653 km²
- Bassin de Fulege518 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 97.7 km²46.9% of basin
- 58.9 km²28.3% of basin
- 51.7 km²24.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 8 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 267mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,18
Runoff
451mm/an
PET
1 554mm
AET
1 046mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
134cm
Forest
69%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)