HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081148160
Bassin de Kaisi
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bufumbira, Bunyaruguru, Igara, Lubero, Ruhinda
Sub-basin area
624,9km²
Upstream area
624,9km²
Discharge
3,8m³/s
Mean elev.
1 055m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 233.8 km²37.6% of basin
- 152.5 km²24.5% of basin
- 131.3 km²21.1% of basin
- 53.6 km²8.6% of basin
- 50.9 km²8.2% of basin
9 intersecting protected areas
Queen Elizabeth National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableUNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve
258.31 km² overlap
Queen Elizabeth
IUCN IINational Park
225.93 km² overlap
North Maramagambo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
127.75 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
68.90 km² overlap
Kalinzu
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
61.32 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
43.10 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
43.10 km² overlap
Kigezi
IUCN IIIWildlife Reserve
32.38 km² overlap
South Maramagambo
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
23.66 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 034 distinct species · 7 347 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 012mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
186mm/an
PET
1 752mm
AET
855mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
152cm
Forest
45%
Crops
10%
Urban
4%
Protected
63%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)