HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329620
Bassin de Rio Kwanza
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 : Malanje, Mussende
Sub-basin area
46,7km²
Upstream area
100 155km²
Discharge
1 545,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 043m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza206 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza141 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mussende32.3 km²69.4% of basin
- MalanjeMalanje · Angola14.2 km²30.6% 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 095mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
317mm/an
PET
1 730mm
AET
926mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
143cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)