HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081170260
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, Missenyi
Sub-basin area
437,1km²
Upstream area
54 617,6km²
Discharge
308,9m³/s
Mean elev.
1 158m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Akagera1588 km²
- Bassin de Akagera362 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 434.9 km²100.0% of basin
- 0.2 km²0.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
541 distinct species · 1 203 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 33 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 : 27 espèces reliées par 27 interactions GloBI sur 5 types (connectance 5.1%, 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°
20,8°C
Annual rain
1 334mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,17
Runoff
362mm/an
PET
1 611mm
AET
1 077mm
Mean slope
0,7°
Water table
38cm
Forest
51%
Crops
19%
Urban
3%
Protected
19%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)