HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081294950
Bassin de Kilawu
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 across 2 countries : Kasongo-Lunda, Marimba
Sub-basin area
7,7km²
Upstream area
63 130,1km²
Discharge
548,05m³/s
Mean elev.
570m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kilawu644 km²
- Bassin de Kwango346 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MarimbaMalanje · Angola4.4 km²56.8% of basin
- 3.3 km²43.2% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Swa-Kibula
IUCN VIHunting Area
3.22 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 57 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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 295mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
238mm/an
PET
1 871mm
AET
1 097mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
289cm
Forest
97%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
42%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)