HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282290
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kasongo-Lunda, Milunga
Sub-basin area
1 639,5km²
Upstream area
96 306,7km²
Discharge
771,63m³/s
Mean elev.
605m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081288230547 km²
- Bassin de Kwango323 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MilungaUíge · Angola946.7 km²58.0% of basin
- 685.8 km²42.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
32 distinct species · 45 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 4 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Kwango : 2 espèces reliées par 5 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 83.3%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 355mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
1 802mm
AET
1 144mm
Mean slope
4,4°
Water table
400cm
Forest
88%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)