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
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°
20,5°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)