HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081291320
Bassin de Kwale
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 : Alto Cauale, Massango
Sub-basin area
40,5km²
Upstream area
3 737,6km²
Discharge
42,38m³/s
Mean elev.
565m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwale3081 km²
- Bassin de Kwale615 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MassangoMalanje · Angola32.4 km²80.3% of basin
- Alto CaualeUíge · Angola8.0 km²19.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
16 distinct species · 21 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 228mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
324mm/an
PET
1 816mm
AET
1 039mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
324cm
Forest
83%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)