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
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)