HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081274280

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, Milunga, Quimbele

Pfafstetter: 13224733

Sub-basin area

1 992,9km²

Upstream area

99 751km²

Discharge

808,79m³/s

Mean elev.

654m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Kwango1595 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Kwango1640 km²
Bassin de Kwango1451 km²

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Milunga
Uíge · Angola
820.5 km²
41.3% of basin
Kasongo-Lunda
Kwango · Democratic Republic of the Congo
620.8 km²
31.3% of basin
Quimbele
Uíge · Angola
543.1 km²
27.4% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

7 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°

23,5°C

Annual rain

1 406mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,20

Runoff

349mm/an

PET

1 759mm

AET

1 178mm

Mean slope

6,8°

Water table

372cm

Forest

97%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)