HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081109420
Bassin · #1081109420
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 : Buhaguzi, Djugu, Irumu, Lake Albert
Sub-basin area
674,3km²
Upstream area
44 513,4km²
Discharge
271,94m³/s
Mean elev.
736m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Semliki697 km²
- Bassin · #108111129052 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake AlbertLake Albert · Uganda242.2 km²36.1% of basin
- 223.2 km²33.2% of basin
- 116.6 km²17.4% of basin
- 89.3 km²13.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
615 distinct species · 1 974 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°
24,5°C
Annual rain
1 010mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
177mm/an
PET
1 799mm
AET
854mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
107cm
Forest
4%
Crops
20%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)