HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081330270
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 3 administrative regions : Cangandala, Malanje, Mussende
Sub-basin area
1 187,7km²
Upstream area
95 343,9km²
Discharge
1 510,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 118m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza2139 km²
- Bassin · #1081334460541 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
48 distinct species · 80 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 1 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rio Kwanza : 0 espèces + 1 bulle famille, 0 interaction GloBI documentées sur 0 type (connectance 0.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,9°C
Annual rain
1 135mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
344mm/an
PET
1 712mm
AET
959mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
241cm
Forest
99%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)