HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081321110
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 : Cuango, Xá Muteba
Sub-basin area
180,7km²
Upstream area
33 553,5km²
Discharge
366,38m³/s
Mean elev.
893m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kwango344 km²
- Bassin de Kwango75 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 118.2 km²65.7% of basin
- Cuango61.8 km²34.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 10 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 378mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
289mm/an
PET
1 828mm
AET
1 160mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
173cm
Forest
71%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)