HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081162730
Bassin · #1081162730
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
209,1km²
Upstream area
17 619,1km²
Discharge
11,98m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10811675801926 km²
- Bassin · #1081167460227 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda186.9 km²89.8% of basin
- 21.3 km²10.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
22,3°C
Annual rain
1 487mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,07
Runoff
234mm/an
PET
1 592mm
AET
1 170mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
4%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)