HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081363710
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 : Camacupa, Luquembo
Sub-basin area
82km²
Upstream area
2 997,1km²
Discharge
57,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 309m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10813655301436 km²
- Bassin · #1081365540961 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 81.3 km²99.6% of basin
- LuquemboMalanje · Angola0.4 km²0.4% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Integral Nature Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
1 258mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
513mm/an
PET
1 728mm
AET
1 015mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
173cm
Forest
100%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)