HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081190830
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Karagwe, Kirehe, Ngara
Sub-basin area
481km²
Upstream area
481,1km²
Discharge
2,03m³/s
Mean elev.
1 438m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 269.6 km²56.3% of basin
- 209.0 km²43.6% of basin
- Kirehe0.3 km²0.1% of basin
1 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- MutweKirehe0.34 km²3% commune
1 intersecting protected areas
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
441.68 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 31 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°
20,5°C
Annual rain
943mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
134mm/an
PET
1 550mm
AET
797mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
434cm
Forest
1%
Crops
3%
Urban
1%
Protected
46%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)