HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081097960
Bassin · #1081097960
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 : Bugahya, Lake Albert, Mahagi
Sub-basin area
314,4km²
Upstream area
50 137,3km²
Discharge
302,09m³/s
Mean elev.
725m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081099550289 km²
- Bassin · #10810996309 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake AlbertLake Albert · Uganda191.5 km²61.2% of basin
- 90.5 km²28.9% of basin
- 30.9 km²9.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
39 distinct species · 58 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°
24,9°C
Annual rain
961mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
145mm/an
PET
1 759mm
AET
813mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
74cm
Forest
12%
Crops
43%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)