HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081163040
Bassin de Ivi River
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Kinkiizi, Kisoro, Rutshuru
Sub-basin area
356,3km²
Upstream area
356,3km²
Discharge
3,57m³/s
Mean elev.
1 292m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 268.8 km²75.8% of basin
- 60.7 km²17.1% of basin
- 25.2 km²7.1% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Rutshuru
IUCN VIHunting Area
168.92 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
99.57 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
99.57 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
99.57 km² overlap
Bwindi Impenetrable
IUCN IINational Park
47.98 km² overlap
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
47.98 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
787 distinct species · 29 370 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°
21,3°C
Annual rain
1 153mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,31
Runoff
317mm/an
PET
1 690mm
AET
974mm
Mean slope
7,1°
Water table
373cm
Forest
52%
Crops
12%
Urban
3%
Protected
89%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)