HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081174790
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 5 administrative regions across 2 countries : Gatsibo, Karagwe, Kayonza, Kyerwa, Nyagatare
Sub-basin area
1 152km²
Upstream area
34 593,9km²
Discharge
221,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 354m
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°
20,7°C
Annual rain
971mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
108mm/an
PET
1 635mm
AET
822mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
287cm
Forest
16%
Crops
4%
Urban
1%
Protected
51%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)