HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081168800
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 3 countries : Kyerwa, Nyagatare, Ruhaama
Sub-basin area
106,3km²
Upstream area
37 416,5km²
Discharge
232,15m³/s
Mean elev.
1 375m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Karazanga696 km²
- Bassin de Akagera233 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Nyagatare78.0 km²73.8% of basin
- 27.7 km²26.2% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
47 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- RugagaNyagatare22.87 km²98% commune
- GashwenuNyagatare7.22 km²70% commune
- BweraNyagatare6.77 km²43% commune
- NtomaNyagatare5.41 km²87% commune
- BweraNyagatare4.52 km²38% commune
- KibuyeNyagatare3.39 km²100% commune
- RwinyangeNyagatare1.93 km²88% commune
- RubiraNyagatare1.87 km²13% commune
- RukundoNyagatare1.74 km²100% commune
- NyampekeNyagatare1.65 km²94% commune
- KabezaNyagatare1.52 km²100% commune
- KageraNyagatare1.47 km²99% commune
- RwembogoNyagatare1.39 km²100% commune
- ReberoNyagatare1.35 km²97% commune
- Umudugudu Wa ViiNyagatare1.30 km²100% commune
- NyampireNyagatare1.16 km²94% commune
- NyamiramaNyagatare1.16 km²100% commune
- MusebeyaNyagatare1.05 km²98% commune
- Umudugudu Wa VNyagatare1.02 km²90% commune
- GakomaNyagatare1.00 km²99% commune
- RemeraNyagatare0.84 km²92% commune
- KimaramuNyagatare0.83 km²77% commune
- Umudugudu Wa ViNyagatare0.83 km²100% commune
- Byimana IiiNyagatare0.60 km²100% commune
- ReberoNyagatare0.56 km²81% commune
- MushaNyagatare0.56 km²100% commune
- MuniniNyagatare0.53 km²41% commune
- RwibishorogotoNyagatare0.52 km²6% commune
- IsanganoNyagatare0.48 km²100% commune
- KiyovuNyagatare0.43 km²34% commune
- Kabuga IiNyagatare0.42 km²35% commune
- ByimanaNyagatare0.39 km²26% commune
- Byimana INyagatare0.34 km²82% commune
- KamabuyeNyagatare0.29 km²38% commune
- NtomaNyagatare0.13 km²16% commune
- MahoroNyagatare0.08 km²68% commune
- NyendoNyagatare0.07 km²1% commune
- Rwimiyaga IiNyagatare0.07 km²2% commune
- Mitayayo INyagatare0.06 km²5% commune
- Byimana IiNyagatare0.06 km²37% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IiNyagatare0.05 km²37% commune
- Mitayayo IiNyagatare0.05 km²2% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IiiNyagatare0.04 km²12% commune
- ByimanaNyagatare0.02 km²1% commune
- RukundoNyagatare0.01 km²1% commune
- Umudugudu Wa INyagatare0.01 km²2% commune
- Umudugudu Wa IvNyagatare0.00 km²1% commune
1 intersecting protected areas
Ibanda-Kyerwa National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
31.62 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
123 distinct species · 257 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 24 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 : 21 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 20 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 7.2%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 3 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°
20,4°C
Annual rain
879mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
174mm/an
PET
1 657mm
AET
743mm
Mean slope
6,4°
Water table
440cm
Forest
18%
Crops
39%
Urban
6%
Protected
28%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)