HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081400500
Bassin de Dongwe
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 : Kaoma, Lukulu, Mufumbwe
Sub-basin area
852,6km²
Upstream area
15 953,8km²
Discharge
102,28m³/s
Mean elev.
1 161m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Lalafuta599 km²
- Bassin de Dongwe163 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 487.9 km²57.4% of basin
- 196.8 km²23.2% of basin
- 164.8 km²19.4% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
8 distinct species · 108 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 008mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
122mm/an
PET
1 808mm
AET
851mm
Mean slope
0,9°
Water table
229cm
Forest
100%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
20%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)