Ontologia

HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081152950

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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kinkiizi, Kisoro, Lubero, Rubanda, Rukiga +1

64% lakePfafstetter: 17294704

Sub-basin area

1 123,4km²

Upstream area

1 123,4km²

Discharge

9,15m³/s

Mean elev.

1 452m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin de Ishasha60 km²

▲ Receives from 0 basins

Source / headwater (no upstream basin)

6 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

10 intersecting protected areas

1 more protected areas

  • Kigezi

    IUCN III

    Wildlife Reserve

    11.28 km² overlap

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

2 359 distinct species · 194 128 observations

Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.

Densité d'observations

194 128 obs · 27 cellules
Obs. / cellule
≥ 85 577
18 751–85 576
2 054–18 750
914–2 053
< 914

Source : GBIF — observations agrégées par hexagones 0.027° × 0.027° (~22km), filtre précision coordonnée < 10 km. Fond carte : OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap.

Ecological tissue

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

Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)

Mean T°

20,0°C

Annual rain

1 157mm

Moisture idx (CMI)

-0,28

Runoff

254mm/an

PET

1 633mm

AET

978mm

Mean slope

8,7°

Water table

431cm

Forest

30%

Crops

19%

Urban

3%

Protected

59%

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)