HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081167710
Bassin de Akagera
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 : Karagwe, Kyerwa
Sub-basin area
2 632,9km²
Upstream area
2 632,9km²
Discharge
9,85m³/s
Mean elev.
1 444m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1322.6 km²50.5% of basin
- 1298.7 km²49.5% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Rumanyika-Karagwe National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
243.71 km² overlap
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
4.42 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
225 distinct species · 451 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Akagera : 34 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 37 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 4.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
19,9°C
Annual rain
1 011mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
121mm/an
PET
1 583mm
AET
855mm
Mean slope
8,7°
Water table
449cm
Forest
42%
Crops
11%
Urban
2%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)