HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081268940
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
35,3km²
Upstream area
12 326,2km²
Discharge
143,65m³/s
Mean elev.
614m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Bwenga2487 km²
- Bassin de Kwilu413 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 399mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
361mm/an
PET
1 691mm
AET
1 172mm
Mean slope
9,0°
Water table
504cm
Forest
74%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)