HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081104430
Bassin · #1081104430
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
712,8km²
Upstream area
712,9km²
Discharge
3,57m³/s
Mean elev.
964m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 505.3 km²71.2% of basin
- Lake AlbertLake Albert · Uganda119.7 km²16.9% of basin
- 82.8 km²11.7% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.3% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Bugoma
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
249.43 km² overlap
Kabwoya
IUCN IIIWildlife Reserve
66.55 km² overlap
Kaiso Tonya
IUCN VICommunity Wildlife Management Area
23.99 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 197 distinct species · 6 400 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 158mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
161mm/an
PET
1 737mm
AET
980mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
165cm
Forest
42%
Crops
21%
Urban
1%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)