HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081318270
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 1 administrative regions : Sandoa
Sub-basin area
1 372,8km²
Upstream area
2 310km²
Discharge
12,96m³/s
Mean elev.
1 068m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaongweshi679 km²
- Bassin · #1081327800258 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1367.1 km²100.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Réserve intégrale de chasse des Alunda et des Tutshokwe
IUCN Not ReportedStrict Hunting Reserve
372.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 9 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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 380mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,26
Runoff
174mm/an
PET
1 859mm
AET
1 146mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
217cm
Forest
92%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)