HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081302510
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Cuango, Cunda-dia-Baza, Kasongo-Lunda, Marimba
Sub-basin area
747,2km²
Upstream area
56 242,8km²
Discharge
507,91m³/s
Mean elev.
699m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwango1963 km²
- Bassin de Lwi138 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- MarimbaMalanje · Angola340.0 km²45.7% of basin
- Cunda-dia-BazaMalanje · Angola256.0 km²34.4% of basin
- Cuango148.0 km²19.9% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
1 303mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
199mm/an
PET
1 888mm
AET
1 102mm
Mean slope
4,1°
Water table
313cm
Forest
90%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)