HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081346440
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 3 administrative regions : Andulo, Luquembo, Nharea
Sub-basin area
127,1km²
Upstream area
39 874,4km²
Discharge
581,65m³/s
Mean elev.
1 080m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza2830 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza1228 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- LuquemboMalanje · Angola67.5 km²53.3% of basin
- 52.0 km²41.1% of basin
- 7.1 km²5.6% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
74.18 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°
21,1°C
Annual rain
1 214mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
510mm/an
PET
1 700mm
AET
1 025mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
119cm
Forest
74%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
32%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)