HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081172020
Bassin · #1081172020
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Musanze, Nyabihu, Nyiragongo, Rubavu, Rutshuru
Sub-basin area
566,8km²
Upstream area
566,8km²
Discharge
6,16m³/s
Mean elev.
2 068m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,7°C
Annual rain
1 581mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,09
Runoff
356mm/an
PET
1 423mm
AET
1 190mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
280cm
Forest
58%
Crops
5%
Urban
1%
Protected
49%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)