HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081325090
Bassin de Lwi
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 4 administrative regions : Cambundi-Catembo, Mucari, Quela, Xá Muteba
Sub-basin area
500,3km²
Upstream area
5 215,4km²
Discharge
40,61m³/s
Mean elev.
768m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lwi226 km²
- Bassin de Lwi144 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- QuelaMalanje · Angola228.0 km²45.8% of basin
- 219.1 km²44.0% of basin
- Cambundi-CatemboMalanje · Angola46.6 km²9.4% of basin
- MucariMalanje · Angola4.5 km²0.9% of basin
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°
22,7°C
Annual rain
1 244mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
213mm/an
PET
1 841mm
AET
1 051mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
132cm
Forest
31%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)