HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081152100
Bassin de Ishasha
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 1 administrative regions : Lubero
Sub-basin area
59,8km²
Upstream area
8 941,5km²
Discharge
94,21m³/s
Mean elev.
912m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ishasha1123 km²
- Bassin de Ishasha30 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 59.5 km²100.0% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
59.50 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
56.15 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
56.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
0 distinct species · 0 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°
23,5°C
Annual rain
960mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
218mm/an
PET
1 793mm
AET
811mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
4cm
Forest
0%
Crops
33%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)