HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081148170
Bassin · #1081148170
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 across 2 countries : Bukonjo, Bunyaruguru, Busongora, Lubero
Sub-basin area
38km²
Upstream area
11 686,1km²
Discharge
53,28m³/s
Mean elev.
912m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kazinga Channel659 km²
- Bassin de Nyamweru451 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 17.6 km²46.5% of basin
- 9.6 km²25.5% of basin
- 9.1 km²24.2% of basin
- 1.5 km²3.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
14.39 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
10.57 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.57 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 33 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°
23,4°C
Annual rain
919mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,49
Runoff
183mm/an
PET
1 806mm
AET
766mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
5cm
Forest
0%
Crops
35%
Urban
0%
Protected
38%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)