HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081309470
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 : Caungula, Cuilo, Lubalo
Sub-basin area
2 715,9km²
Upstream area
7 621,4km²
Discharge
91,56m³/s
Mean elev.
1 153m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwilu1624 km²
- Bassin de Kwilu1554 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lubalo2204.1 km²81.5% of basin
- 449.0 km²16.6% of basin
- Cuilo51.5 km²1.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
4 distinct species · 4 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 462mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
414mm/an
PET
1 799mm
AET
1 203mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
206cm
Forest
91%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)