HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081170440
Bassin de Kizinga
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 2 countries : Ndorwa, Nyagatare, Rukiga, Rushenyi
Sub-basin area
192,8km²
Upstream area
192,8km²
Discharge
1,23m³/s
Mean elev.
1 553m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 128.4 km²66.9% of basin
- Nyagatare49.6 km²25.8% of basin
- 14.0 km²7.3% of basin
- 0.0 km²0.0% of basin
19 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- RugaramaNyagatare7.69 km²98% commune
- RyeruNyagatare7.06 km²96% commune
- KinunguNyagatare5.44 km²100% commune
- BubareNyagatare5.17 km²100% commune
- KagaramaNyagatare5.13 km²87% commune
- GicwambaNyagatare4.79 km²99% commune
- BweyaNyagatare3.74 km²92% commune
- RwahiNyagatare2.69 km²53% commune
- MishenyiNyagatare2.63 km²76% commune
- GakindoNyagatare2.56 km²52% commune
- RukiriNyagatare1.52 km²24% commune
- RwempashaNyagatare0.67 km²56% commune
- GakambaNyagatare0.21 km²4% commune
- NyarubareNyagatare0.08 km²3% commune
- NyagasigatiNyagatare0.08 km²2% commune
- KazazaNyagatare0.06 km²1% commune
- BukonjiNyagatare0.03 km²1% commune
- TabagweNyagatare0.02 km²1% commune
- KangomaNyagatare0.01 km²0% commune
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
28 distinct species · 36 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
925mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
201mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
784mm
Mean slope
8,0°
Water table
557cm
Forest
0%
Crops
41%
Urban
14%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)