HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081290680
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, Marimba, Massango
Sub-basin area
1 191,5km²
Upstream area
78 238,3km²
Discharge
613,28m³/s
Mean elev.
579m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Cambo952 km²
- Bassin de Kilawu8 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Swa-Kibula
IUCN VIHunting Area
277.17 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
201 distinct species · 240 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 315mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
257mm/an
PET
1 853mm
AET
1 112mm
Mean slope
5,9°
Water table
410cm
Forest
80%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
23%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)