HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081144240
Bassin de Mpanga
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 : Busongora, Kibale, Kitagwenda
Sub-basin area
431,2km²
Upstream area
8 237,4km²
Discharge
33,2m³/s
Mean elev.
1 011m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Dura2588 km²
- Bassin de Mpanga500 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 209.6 km²48.8% of basin
- 204.1 km²47.5% of basin
- 15.6 km²3.6% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Queen Elizabeth National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
159.86 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth
IUCN IINational Park
159.86 km² overlap
Lake George
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
156.36 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
199 distinct species · 569 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mpanga : 18 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) + 1 bulle famille, 14 interactions GloBI documentées sur 2 types (connectance 8.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). Les 1 bulle regroupe des espèces visuellement absorbées par famille (≥3 espèces visibles).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
22,8°C
Annual rain
974mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
135mm/an
PET
1 786mm
AET
824mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
120cm
Forest
31%
Crops
36%
Urban
4%
Protected
37%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)