HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081299810
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
440,4km²
Upstream area
59 259,7km²
Discharge
526,72m³/s
Mean elev.
694m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Utunguila2577 km²
- Bassin de Kwango747 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MarimbaMalanje · Angola295.4 km²67.4% of basin
- 143.1 km²32.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 39 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 315mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
217mm/an
PET
1 876mm
AET
1 112mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
420cm
Forest
87%
Crops
9%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)