HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081267500
Bassin de Kwango
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 : Kasongo-Lunda, Popokabaka, Quimbele
Sub-basin area
1 594,7km²
Upstream area
102 304,1km²
Discharge
838,29m³/s
Mean elev.
594m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwango1993 km²
- Bassin de Kwango959 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 718.6 km²45.3% of basin
- QuimbeleUíge · Angola516.7 km²32.5% of basin
- 352.6 km²22.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 17 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 462mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
368mm/an
PET
1 735mm
AET
1 218mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
390cm
Forest
92%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)