HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081477780
Bassin · #1081477780
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 across 2 countries : Kongola, Mukwe, Rivungo
Sub-basin area
327,4km²
Upstream area
327,4km²
Discharge
0m³/s
Mean elev.
1 018m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Rivungo157.9 km²48.4% of basin
- 100.6 km²30.8% of basin
- 67.9 km²20.8% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Bwabwata
IUCN VINational Park
169.00 km² overlap
Luengue-Luiana National Park
IUCN IINational Park
45.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 3 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
581mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
3mm/an
PET
1 846mm
AET
490mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
19cm
Forest
7%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
77%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)