HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081340010
Bassin de Kwilu
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 : Cacolo, Saurimo
Sub-basin area
703,6km²
Upstream area
703,6km²
Discharge
7,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 348m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 682.6 km²97.4% of basin
- 18.3 km²2.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
29 distinct species · 52 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
1 376mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,21
Runoff
313mm/an
PET
1 750mm
AET
1 110mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
173cm
Forest
91%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)