HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081142740
Bassin de Katonga
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 : Bukomansimbi, Gomba, Kalungu, Mawogola
Sub-basin area
44,8km²
Upstream area
12 168,8km²
Discharge
93,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 200m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Katonga1483 km²
- Bassin de Katonga18 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- BukomansimbiMasaka · Uganda38.2 km²85.8% of basin
- 6.0 km²13.4% of basin
- KalunguMasaka · Uganda0.2 km²0.5% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 5 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°
21,6°C
Annual rain
954mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
301mm/an
PET
1 620mm
AET
807mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
213cm
Forest
15%
Crops
54%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)