HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081265440
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 : Maquela do Zombo, Quimbele
Sub-basin area
199,3km²
Upstream area
14 978,3km²
Discharge
169,87m³/s
Mean elev.
595m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Suambala807 km²
- Bassin de Kwilu3 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,8°C
Annual rain
1 454mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
373mm/an
PET
1 694mm
AET
1 210mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
447cm
Forest
81%
Crops
8%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)