HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294120
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, Negage, Puri
Sub-basin area
913,3km²
Upstream area
913,7km²
Discharge
11,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 142m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- PuriUíge · Angola604.6 km²66.5% of basin
- Alto CaualeUíge · Angola261.5 km²28.7% of basin
- NegageUíge · Angola43.4 km²4.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
18 distinct species · 25 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 328mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,20
Runoff
418mm/an
PET
1 655mm
AET
1 103mm
Mean slope
3,1°
Water table
220cm
Forest
88%
Crops
1%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)