HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081168700
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 4 administrative regions across 3 countries : Isingiro, Kyerwa, Nyagatare, Ruhaama
Sub-basin area
1,3km²
Upstream area
41 129km²
Discharge
256,55m³/s
Mean elev.
1 286m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Muvumba288 km²
- Bassin de Muvumba106 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 0.6 km²51.1% of basin
- 0.5 km²40.5% of basin
- 0.1 km²5.7% of basin
- Nyagatare0.0 km²2.8% of basin
1 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- MuniniNyagatare0.04 km²3% commune
1 intersecting protected areas
Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
0.33 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
886mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
179mm/an
PET
1 682mm
AET
749mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
17cm
Forest
0%
Crops
50%
Urban
0%
Protected
70%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)