HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081184940
Bassin de Mubimbi
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 7 administrative regions across 2 countries : Goma, Idjwi, Kalehe, Masisi, Nyiragongo +2
Sub-basin area
1 123,8km²
Upstream area
1 123,8km²
Discharge
12,91m³/s
Mean elev.
1 784m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
7 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 559.0 km²50.0% of basin
- 239.7 km²21.4% of basin
- 145.9 km²13.0% of basin
- 139.2 km²12.4% of basin
- 31.0 km²2.8% of basin
- 3.9 km²0.4% of basin
- Rubavu0.0 km²0.0% of basin
2 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Lake Kivu3.93 km²1% commune
- Lake KivuRubavu0.01 km²0% commune
3 intersecting protected areas
Virunga
IUCN IINational Park
345.98 km² overlap
Virunga National Park
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
343.84 km² overlap
Parc national des Virunga
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
343.84 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
956 distinct species · 18 075 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 42 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Mubimbi : 36 espèces reliées par 35 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 4.1%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
18,0°C
Annual rain
1 489mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,01
Runoff
503mm/an
PET
1 463mm
AET
1 188mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
255cm
Forest
49%
Crops
12%
Urban
26%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)