HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081383230
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, Chitembo
Sub-basin area
608,7km²
Upstream area
6 310,4km²
Discharge
54,71m³/s
Mean elev.
1 412m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Luâmbua1459 km²
- Bassin de Rio Kwanza385 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 360.0 km²59.4% of basin
- 246.3 km²40.6% of basin
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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 187mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,32
Runoff
383mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
981mm
Mean slope
2,7°
Water table
357cm
Forest
100%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)