HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081331810
Bassin de Kabinda
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 : Lubudi, Mitwaba
Sub-basin area
798,4km²
Upstream area
798,4km²
Discharge
4,49m³/s
Mean elev.
1 206m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 729.1 km²91.7% of basin
- 66.1 km²8.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bassin de la Lufira
IUCN IIWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
795.16 km² overlap
Lubudi Sampwe
IUCN IVHunting Area
596.12 km² overlap
Upemba
IUCN IINational Park
199.04 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 020mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
187mm/an
PET
1 701mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
262cm
Forest
60%
Crops
17%
Urban
1%
Protected
79%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)