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
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
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)