HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081289810
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
1 111,4km²
Upstream area
1 111,4km²
Discharge
9,97m³/s
Mean elev.
640m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1106.3 km²100.0% of basin
- MilungaUíge · Angola0.4 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Swa-Kibula
IUCN VIHunting Area
4.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
23,6°C
Annual rain
1 385mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
294mm/an
PET
1 815mm
AET
1 169mm
Mean slope
5,6°
Water table
374cm
Forest
90%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)