HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081181860
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, Kirehe, Ngoma
Sub-basin area
1 448,3km²
Upstream area
33 182,7km²
Discharge
221,59m³/s
Mean elev.
1 361m
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
946mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,41
Runoff
104mm/an
PET
1 591mm
AET
799mm
Mean slope
4,3°
Water table
288cm
Forest
6%
Crops
7%
Urban
2%
Protected
41%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)