HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081101580
Bassin de Rwenkondwa
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bugahya, Buhaguzi, Djugu, Lake Albert
Sub-basin area
1 076,4km²
Upstream area
1 076,4km²
Discharge
5,1m³/s
Mean elev.
988m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 551.0 km²51.4% of basin
- 303.4 km²28.3% of basin
- Lake AlbertLake Albert · Uganda200.9 km²18.7% of basin
- 16.4 km²1.5% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Bujawe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
34.27 km² overlap
Wambabya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
34.25 km² overlap
Kaiso Tonya
IUCN VICommunity Wildlife Management Area
7.48 km² overlap
Mukihani
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.96 km² overlap
Kyahaiguru
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
4.19 km² overlap
Mpanga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.91 km² overlap
Bugoma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.80 km² overlap
Kijubya
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.26 km² overlap
Hoima
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.05 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
646 distinct species · 5 111 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,5°C
Annual rain
1 238mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
150mm/an
PET
1 739mm
AET
1 048mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
151cm
Forest
24%
Crops
33%
Urban
3%
Protected
8%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)