HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081162720
Bassin · #1081162720
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
449,8km²
Upstream area
449,8km²
Discharge
3,51m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda359.9 km²80.4% of basin
- 87.9 km²19.6% of basin
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°
22,2°C
Annual rain
1 570mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,01
Runoff
223mm/an
PET
1 579mm
AET
1 202mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
2cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)