HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081291240
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 3 administrative regions : Alto Cauale, Puri, Sanza Pombo
Sub-basin area
156,3km²
Upstream area
1 629,2km²
Discharge
18,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 056m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwilu913 km²
- Bassin de Kwilu560 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PuriUíge · Angola82.9 km²53.3% of basin
- Sanza PomboUíge · Angola44.2 km²28.4% of basin
- Alto CaualeUíge · Angola28.5 km²18.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
1 353mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
393mm/an
PET
1 671mm
AET
1 120mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
241cm
Forest
89%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)