HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081144230
Bassin de Nyamwamba
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 : Bukonjo, Busongora
Sub-basin area
738,1km²
Upstream area
738,2km²
Discharge
3,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 338m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 702.7 km²95.6% of basin
- 32.1 km²4.4% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Queen Elizabeth
IUCN IINational Park
293.89 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
293.88 km² overlap
Lake George
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
230.06 km² overlap
Rwenzori Mountains
IUCN IINational Park
88.21 km² overlap
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
88.21 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°
21,0°C
Annual rain
1 082mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
139mm/an
PET
1 680mm
AET
874mm
Mean slope
7,2°
Water table
302cm
Forest
18%
Crops
51%
Urban
6%
Protected
52%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)