HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081293870
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 across 2 countries : Caungula, Cuilo, Kahemba
Sub-basin area
1 765,8km²
Upstream area
9 833,6km²
Discharge
123,5m³/s
Mean elev.
1 069m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwilu2716 km²
- Bassin · #1081309480446 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Cuilo1385.2 km²78.8% of basin
- 357.4 km²20.3% of basin
- 15.8 km²0.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 6 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°
22,0°C
Annual rain
1 554mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,13
Runoff
440mm/an
PET
1 783mm
AET
1 257mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
215cm
Forest
89%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)