HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081142590
Bassin · #1081142590
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bondo, Budalangi, Bukooli, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
142,3km²
Upstream area
18 490km²
Discharge
224,01m³/s
Mean elev.
1 136m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sio2104 km²
- Bassin de Nzoia River412 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda129.2 km²91.2% of basin
- 6.9 km²4.8% of basin
- 5.4 km²3.8% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
23 distinct species · 42 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 024mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
299mm/an
PET
1 741mm
AET
866mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
14cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)