HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081164960
Bassin · #1081164960
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 : Bukoba Rural, Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
798,7km²
Upstream area
798,8km²
Discharge
13,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 141m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 602.2 km²75.7% of basin
- Lake VictoriaLake Victoria · Uganda117.2 km²14.7% of basin
- 75.7 km²9.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
51 distinct species · 127 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°
21,2°C
Annual rain
1 881mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,17
Runoff
520mm/an
PET
1 563mm
AET
1 291mm
Mean slope
0,5°
Water table
29cm
Forest
0%
Crops
24%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)