HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081299330
Bassin de Kwango
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
21,1km²
Upstream area
60 332,5km²
Discharge
535,11m³/s
Mean elev.
651m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lufuku1052 km²
- Bassin de Kwango440 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MarimbaMalanje · Angola15.1 km²71.8% of basin
- 5.9 km²28.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,7°C
Annual rain
1 306mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
224mm/an
PET
1 876mm
AET
1 107mm
Mean slope
5,4°
Water table
410cm
Forest
73%
Crops
4%
Urban
2%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)