HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081163280
Bassin de Kigona 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 5 administrative regions : Bukoto, Kakuuto, Kooki, Kyotera, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
1 053,5km²
Upstream area
1 053,7km²
Discharge
10,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 194m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 655.1 km²62.5% of basin
- 140.1 km²13.4% of basin
- 107.4 km²10.2% of basin
- 106.1 km²10.1% of basin
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda40.0 km²3.8% of basin
6 intersecting protected areas
Nabajjuzi Wetland System
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
39.40 km² overlap
Kigona River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
9.03 km² overlap
Tero
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
8.24 km² overlap
Kabira
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
1.23 km² overlap
Kigona
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.74 km² overlap
Bikira
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
343 distinct species · 1 056 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 137mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,30
Runoff
334mm/an
PET
1 625mm
AET
954mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
118cm
Forest
15%
Crops
71%
Urban
4%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)