HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081383300
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 : Camacupa, Chitembo, Luchazes
Sub-basin area
2 630,3km²
Upstream area
2 630,3km²
Discharge
30,77m³/s
Mean elev.
1 441m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2139.8 km²81.7% of basin
- 360.7 km²13.8% of basin
- LuchazesMoxico · Angola119.8 km²4.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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 171mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
344mm/an
PET
1 764mm
AET
973mm
Mean slope
2,9°
Water table
394cm
Forest
97%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)