HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081274290
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, Kasongo-Lunda (ville), Quimbele
Sub-basin area
958,5km²
Upstream area
958,7km²
Discharge
10,89m³/s
Mean elev.
656m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 937.7 km²98.3% of basin
- 13.7 km²1.4% of basin
- QuimbeleUíge · Angola3.0 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
127 distinct species · 157 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 461mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,16
Runoff
358mm/an
PET
1 744mm
AET
1 217mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
339cm
Forest
94%
Crops
2%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)