HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081168580
Bassin de Muvumba
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 : Nyagatare, Ruhaama, Rushenyi
Sub-basin area
287,5km²
Upstream area
3 711,2km²
Discharge
24,39m³/s
Mean elev.
1 432m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #10811686901096 km²
- Bassin de Muvumba86 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 214.0 km²74.8% of basin
- Nyagatare70.4 km²24.6% of basin
- 1.8 km²0.6% of basin
62 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- BweraNyagatare7.38 km²62% commune
- GikunyuNyagatare6.26 km²100% commune
- NyamiyongaNyagatare3.92 km²45% commune
- KarucaNyagatare2.85 km²100% commune
- MushorerwaNyagatare2.81 km²100% commune
- Mitayayo IiNyagatare2.56 km²98% commune
- RugaramaNyagatare2.42 km²100% commune
- UmuniniNyagatare2.33 km²100% commune
- KibitakaNyagatare2.23 km²100% commune
- ByimanaNyagatare2.00 km²99% commune
- RwenyanaNyagatare1.78 km²100% commune
- GakiriNyagatare1.72 km²91% commune
- BikonokaNyagatare1.67 km²100% commune
- Kagezi IiNyagatare1.66 km²100% commune
- NyagatabireNyagatare1.52 km²100% commune
- Nyabwishongwezi IiiNyagatare1.49 km²100% commune
- Nyabwishongwezi IiNyagatare1.46 km²100% commune
- ReberoNyagatare1.42 km²100% commune
- Kabuga INyagatare1.39 km²100% commune
- NyabyihuraNyagatare1.37 km²100% commune
- Mitayayo INyagatare1.24 km²95% commune
- KamahoroNyagatare1.23 km²100% commune
- RutaramaNyagatare1.10 km²46% commune
- RwentangaNyagatare1.02 km²100% commune
- RukundoNyagatare0.93 km²98% commune
- KiyovuNyagatare0.84 km²66% commune
- Kabuga IiNyagatare0.78 km²65% commune
- NtomaNyagatare0.78 km²13% commune
- KarambiNyagatare0.76 km²100% commune
- IsanganoNyagatare0.75 km²100% commune
- MusenyiNyagatare0.73 km²100% commune
- MuniniNyagatare0.72 km²56% commune
- HumureNyagatare0.68 km²100% commune
- Nyabwishongwezi INyagatare0.67 km²100% commune
- MuvumbaNyagatare0.67 km²100% commune
- NziranzizaNyagatare0.67 km²100% commune
- KiyazaNyagatare0.63 km²11% commune
- Kagezi INyagatare0.61 km²100% commune
- MusheriNyagatare0.58 km²32% commune
- Umudugudu Wa INyagatare0.53 km²98% commune
- KamabuyeNyagatare0.48 km²62% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IvNyagatare0.45 km²99% commune
- ShirimpumuNyagatare0.44 km²46% commune
- MugariNyagatare0.43 km²53% commune
- MurisangaNyagatare0.41 km²100% commune
- RugagaNyagatare0.38 km²2% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IiiNyagatare0.26 km²88% commune
- NyamisangeNyagatare0.21 km²63% commune
- KagitumbaNyagatare0.19 km²100% commune
- NtomaNyagatare0.18 km²22% commune
- GisharaNyagatare0.16 km²100% commune
- Umudugudu Wa VNyagatare0.11 km²10% commune
- NyampekeNyagatare0.11 km²6% commune
- KabungoNyagatare0.11 km²22% commune
- Byimana IiNyagatare0.10 km²63% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IiNyagatare0.09 km²63% commune
- Byimana INyagatare0.07 km²18% commune
- MusebeyaNyagatare0.02 km²2% commune
- KageraNyagatare0.01 km²1% commune
- GakomaNyagatare0.01 km²1% commune
- CyenombeNyagatare0.00 km²0% commune
- Byimana IiiNyagatare0.00 km²0% commune
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
49 distinct species · 84 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 2 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 Muvumba : 2 espèces + 0 bulles famille, 1 interaction GloBI documentées sur 1 type (connectance 100.0%, 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
196mm/an
PET
1 644mm
AET
785mm
Mean slope
6,6°
Water table
459cm
Forest
0%
Crops
61%
Urban
17%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)