HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331170
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
144km²
Upstream area
103 739,6km²
Discharge
1 572,34m³/s
Mean elev.
1 009m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mulembuigi1169 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza163 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 78.2 km²54.5% of basin
- Mussende65.3 km²45.5% 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 067mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
295mm/an
PET
1 683mm
AET
902mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
309cm
Forest
98%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)