HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081190930
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
534,2km²
Upstream area
31 253km²
Discharge
221,73m³/s
Mean elev.
1 397m
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
914mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
137mm/an
PET
1 570mm
AET
773mm
Mean slope
5,7°
Water table
404cm
Forest
14%
Crops
8%
Urban
8%
Protected
12%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)