HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081156230
Bassin de Rutshuru
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 2 administrative regions : Lubero, Rutshuru
Sub-basin area
352,8km²
Upstream area
4 243,5km²
Discharge
41,3m³/s
Mean elev.
962m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Ivi River356 km²
- Bassin de Rutshuru171 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 299.7 km²85.3% of basin
- 51.6 km²14.7% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
301.29 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
301.29 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
301.29 km² overlap
Rutshuru
IUCN VIHunting Area
49.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
324 distinct species · 1 808 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 15 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Rutshuru : 12 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 12 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
23,4°C
Annual rain
998mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
1 792mm
AET
843mm
Mean slope
0,8°
Water table
93cm
Forest
6%
Crops
16%
Urban
37%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)