HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081315670
Bassin de Kaongweshi
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 : Kapanga, Sandoa
Sub-basin area
200,3km²
Upstream area
2 755,6km²
Discharge
15,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 024m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaongweshi1373 km²
- Bassin · #1081318260245 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 127.5 km²63.9% of basin
- 72.0 km²36.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Réserve intégrale de chasse des Alunda et des Tutshokwe
IUCN Not ReportedStrict Hunting Reserve
63.65 km² overlap
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°
22,9°C
Annual rain
1 422mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
166mm/an
PET
1 844mm
AET
1 174mm
Mean slope
2,2°
Water table
272cm
Forest
100%
Crops
11%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)