HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081124380
Bassin de Lamya
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bunyangabu, Burahya, Busongora, Bwamba, Irumu +1
Sub-basin area
509km²
Upstream area
509km²
Discharge
2,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 730m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 375.3 km²74.1% of basin
- 123.9 km²24.5% of basin
- 5.3 km²1.1% of basin
- 2.0 km²0.4% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.0% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
195.14 km² overlap
Rwenzori Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
195.14 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
29.79 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
29.79 km² overlap
Semuliki
IUCN IINational Park
29.27 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
28.88 km² overlap
Nyaburongo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.72 km² overlap
Nyakikindo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.38 km² overlap
Mataa
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
675 distinct species · 1 703 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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
1 422mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,06
Runoff
154mm/an
PET
1 531mm
AET
1 099mm
Mean slope
12,4°
Water table
452cm
Forest
31%
Crops
1%
Urban
8%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)