HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081138800
Bassin de Katonga River
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 2 administrative regions : Kazo, Nyabushozi
Sub-basin area
428,8km²
Upstream area
428,8km²
Discharge
2,58m³/s
Mean elev.
1 287m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- KazoMbarara · Uganda300.9 km²70.5% of basin
- NyabushoziMbarara · Uganda126.0 km²29.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Katonga
IUCN IIIWildlife Reserve
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
49 distinct species · 405 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
878mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 648mm
AET
742mm
Mean slope
3,6°
Water table
174cm
Forest
5%
Crops
58%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)