HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081141970
Bassin · #1081141970
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 : Bukooli, Bunya, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
253,5km²
Upstream area
19 788,5km²
Discharge
235,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 135m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081142050454 km²
- Bassin · #1081142160291 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda218.9 km²86.7% of basin
- 32.5 km²12.9% of basin
- 0.9 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 200mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
284mm/an
PET
1 704mm
AET
1 015mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
6cm
Forest
0%
Crops
34%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)