HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081171020
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bukanga, Isingiro, Kyerwa, Missenyi
Sub-basin area
948,8km²
Upstream area
45 858,1km²
Discharge
272,45m³/s
Mean elev.
1 402m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Akagera2633 km²
- Bassin de AKagera782 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 319.9 km²33.9% of basin
- 266.0 km²28.2% of basin
- 215.6 km²22.8% of basin
- 143.0 km²15.1% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
307 distinct species · 765 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 : 30 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 9 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°
19,8°C
Annual rain
981mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,40
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
1 624mm
AET
829mm
Mean slope
8,2°
Water table
485cm
Forest
26%
Crops
51%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)