HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081168790
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, Rukiga, Rushenyi
Sub-basin area
85,7km²
Upstream area
2 327,5km²
Discharge
14,92m³/s
Mean elev.
1 399m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Muvumba256 km²
- Bassin de Kizinga193 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 44.5 km²52.2% of basin
- Nyagatare40.4 km²47.4% of basin
- 0.4 km²0.4% of basin
21 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- KibiriziNyagatare7.54 km²100% commune
- CyenombeNyagatare7.43 km²100% commune
- NyamengeNyagatare7.43 km²77% commune
- NyamiyongaNyagatare4.82 km²55% commune
- KiyazaNyagatare4.40 km²77% commune
- RwakabungoNyagatare3.26 km²82% commune
- RutaramaNyagatare1.28 km²54% commune
- MusheriNyagatare1.26 km²68% commune
- KagwegweNyagatare0.62 km²73% commune
- ShirimpumuNyagatare0.53 km²54% commune
- NtomaNyagatare0.46 km²55% commune
- MugariNyagatare0.38 km²47% commune
- KabungoNyagatare0.38 km²78% commune
- KijojoNyagatare0.24 km²3% commune
- GakiriNyagatare0.17 km²9% commune
- NyamisangeNyagatare0.13 km²37% commune
- RwibishorogotoNyagatare0.07 km²1% commune
- GakindoNyagatare0.05 km²1% commune
- RukundoNyagatare0.01 km²1% commune
- GikunyuNyagatare0.00 km²0% commune
- KibitakaNyagatare0.00 km²0% commune
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 distinct species · 2 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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
870mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 651mm
AET
736mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
366cm
Forest
0%
Crops
38%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)