HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081179820
Bassin · #1081179820
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 2 administrative regions : Lake Victoria
Sub-basin area
831,7km²
Upstream area
3 997,6km²
Discharge
17,17m³/s
Mean elev.
1 134m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081182960207 km²
- Bassin · #108118316045 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 697.3 km²84.2% of basin
- 130.7 km²15.8% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 725mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,10
Runoff
255mm/an
PET
1 546mm
AET
1 267mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
1cm
Forest
0%
Crops
12%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)