HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081157420
Bassin · #1081157420
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 across 2 countries : Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
1 577,3km²
Upstream area
4 558,6km²
Discharge
29,91m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081168070934 km²
- Bassin · #1081167980651 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda1352.0 km²86.1% of basin
- 218.2 km²13.9% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
11 distinct species · 15 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°
22,5°C
Annual rain
1 202mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
206mm/an
PET
1 650mm
AET
1 011mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)