HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081171030
Bassin de Rwakakuru
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, Kakuuto, Kooki, Missenyi
Sub-basin area
663,4km²
Upstream area
663,4km²
Discharge
3,19m³/s
Mean elev.
1 311m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 468.6 km²70.9% of basin
- 183.3 km²27.8% of basin
- 5.7 km²0.9% of basin
- 2.8 km²0.4% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 62 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°
20,0°C
Annual rain
927mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,43
Runoff
152mm/an
PET
1 630mm
AET
783mm
Mean slope
4,7°
Water table
330cm
Forest
1%
Crops
21%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)