HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081355920
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 : Luquembo, Nharea
Sub-basin area
241,4km²
Upstream area
35 143,2km²
Discharge
490,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 294m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza1104 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza297 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 181.7 km²75.6% of basin
- LuquemboMalanje · Angola58.7 km²24.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
54.75 km² overlap
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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,5°C
Annual rain
1 304mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,23
Runoff
531mm/an
PET
1 704mm
AET
1 044mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
226cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
14%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)