HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081289910
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
32,5km²
Upstream area
92 685,9km²
Discharge
752,42m³/s
Mean elev.
496m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kugu1577 km²
- Bassin de Kwango1192 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°
24,3°C
Annual rain
1 296mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
275mm/an
PET
1 856mm
AET
1 095mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
224cm
Forest
86%
Crops
4%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)