HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081158140
Bassin de River Kiruruma
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 : Kinkiizi, Rubabo
Sub-basin area
241,8km²
Upstream area
241,8km²
Discharge
1,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 424m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 240.1 km²99.7% of basin
- 0.6 km²0.3% of basin
5 intersecting protected areas
Mburamaizi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
5.04 km² overlap
Kyantuhe
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.32 km² overlap
Kihihi
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.27 km² overlap
Bwindi Impenetrable
IUCN IINational Park
0.00 km² overlap
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
0.00 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
252 distinct species · 6 484 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 167mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,29
Runoff
239mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
987mm
Mean slope
7,5°
Water table
445cm
Forest
2%
Crops
29%
Urban
7%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)