HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331000
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, Libolo
Sub-basin area
43,3km²
Upstream area
113 032,1km²
Discharge
1 669,87m³/s
Mean elev.
900m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza1776 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza1189 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 30.5 km²70.6% of basin
- 12.7 km²29.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 14 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
238mm/an
PET
1 589mm
AET
886mm
Mean slope
5,3°
Water table
470cm
Forest
18%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)