HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081167390
Bassin de RD Congo - Uganda
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 : Kisoro, Rutshuru
Sub-basin area
358,7km²
Upstream area
358,8km²
Discharge
3,46m³/s
Mean elev.
1 380m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 275.7 km²77.2% of basin
- 81.4 km²22.8% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Rutshuru
IUCN VIHunting Area
234.43 km² overlap
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
10.98 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
10.97 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
10.97 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
770 distinct species · 8 685 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 5 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de RD Congo - Uganda : 5 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 3 interactions GloBI documentées sur 3 types (connectance 30.0%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 231mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,25
Runoff
316mm/an
PET
1 663mm
AET
1 041mm
Mean slope
8,3°
Water table
397cm
Forest
30%
Crops
7%
Urban
1%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)