HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081263920
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Popokabaka, Quimbele
Sub-basin area
225,2km²
Upstream area
20 040km²
Discharge
233,98m³/s
Mean elev.
499m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lubishi2022 km²
- Bassin de Kwilu493 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- QuimbeleUíge · Angola125.0 km²55.8% of basin
- 99.2 km²44.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 465mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,15
Runoff
377mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
1 224mm
Mean slope
5,2°
Water table
344cm
Forest
33%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)