HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081136950
Bassin · #1081136950
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 : Bunya, Buvuma Islands, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
688,9km²
Upstream area
20 743,8km²
Discharge
243,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 140m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081141870266 km²
- Bassin · #1081141970254 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda544.1 km²79.3% of basin
- 130.4 km²19.0% of basin
- Buvuma IslandsMukono · Uganda11.3 km²1.6% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
South Busoga
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
64.23 km² overlap
Bugomba
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.70 km² overlap
Lukale
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
2.56 km² overlap
Yubwe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.89 km² overlap
Buwanzi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.24 km² overlap
Mala Island
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 363mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
277mm/an
PET
1 684mm
AET
1 152mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
36cm
Forest
6%
Crops
10%
Urban
5%
Protected
10%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)