HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081329840

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 3 administrative regions : Cambundi-Catembo, Quela, Xá Muteba

Pfafstetter: 13224890

Sub-basin area

1 872,8km²

Upstream area

1 872,8km²

Discharge

17,96m³/s

Mean elev.

1 143m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Lware353 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Cambundi-Catembo
Malanje · Angola
771.8 km²
41.4% of basin
Xá Muteba
Lunda Norte · Angola
691.8 km²
37.1% of basin
Quela
Malanje · Angola
401.6 km²
21.5% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

3 distinct species · 4 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°

21,0°C

Annual rain

1 333mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,22

Runoff

313mm/an

PET

1 722mm

AET

1 101mm

Mean slope

4,2°

Water table

271cm

Forest

85%

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)