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
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
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)