HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081401630
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 2 administrative regions : Kaoma, Mufumbwe
Sub-basin area
162,9km²
Upstream area
10 203,4km²
Discharge
86,21m³/s
Mean elev.
1 128m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mufumbwe1880 km²
- Bassin de Dongwe3 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 160.1 km²98.6% of basin
- 2.2 km²1.4% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 26 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 022mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
143mm/an
PET
1 803mm
AET
863mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
197cm
Forest
100%
Crops
18%
Urban
0%
Protected
61%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)