HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081147330
Bassin · #1081147330
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 : Buvuma Islands, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
223,3km²
Upstream area
223,3km²
Discharge
1,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda222.3 km²100.0% of basin
- Buvuma IslandsMukono · Uganda0.0 km²0.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 23 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°
22,1°C
Annual rain
1 417mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,14
Runoff
211mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
1 161mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
7%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)