HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081330720
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 : Cacuzo, Mussende
Sub-basin area
163,1km²
Upstream area
102 426,1km²
Discharge
1 561m³/s
Mean elev.
1 021m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza418 km²
- Bassin · #1081329510272 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 94.1 km²57.9% of basin
- Mussende68.4 km²42.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
19 distinct species · 37 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 071mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
297mm/an
PET
1 698mm
AET
905mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
229cm
Forest
100%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)