HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081288240
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, Massango, Milunga
Sub-basin area
322,9km²
Upstream area
94 120km²
Discharge
750,69m³/s
Mean elev.
516m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwango1111 km²
- Bassin de Kwango33 km²
3 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°
24,2°C
Annual rain
1 300mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
287mm/an
PET
1 843mm
AET
1 099mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
491cm
Forest
54%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)