HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081132810
Bassin de Butawu
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 : Bukonjo, Busongora, Oicha
Sub-basin area
389,9km²
Upstream area
389,9km²
Discharge
2,2m³/s
Mean elev.
2 095m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 358.1 km²92.3% of basin
- 23.6 km²6.1% of basin
- 6.4 km²1.7% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
169.54 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
169.54 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
157.05 km² overlap
Rwenzori Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
34.47 km² overlap
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
34.47 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
942 distinct species · 3 858 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Butawu : 15 espèces reliées par 11 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 9.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,9°C
Annual rain
1 535mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
178mm/an
PET
1 425mm
AET
1 075mm
Mean slope
16,3°
Water table
606cm
Forest
23%
Crops
5%
Urban
5%
Protected
48%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)