HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081290220
Bassin de Kwilu
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 : Cuilo, Kahemba
Sub-basin area
213,7km²
Upstream area
11 134,5km²
Discharge
142,45m³/s
Mean elev.
996m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwilu1766 km²
- Bassin de Luita1087 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 212.3 km²99.7% of basin
- Cuilo0.6 km²0.3% of basin
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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 613mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
460mm/an
PET
1 754mm
AET
1 285mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
245cm
Forest
86%
Crops
13%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)