HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081334620
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 : Cangandala, Mussende
Sub-basin area
2 138,5km²
Upstream area
91 277,4km²
Discharge
1 477,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 184m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lucechi2459 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza1619 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Mussende1645.8 km²77.3% of basin
- CangandalaMalanje · Angola484.1 km²22.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
36 distinct species · 68 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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 170mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
385mm/an
PET
1 678mm
AET
988mm
Mean slope
1,7°
Water table
210cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)