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
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Akagera630 km²
- Bassin de Ruvubu280 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Kirehe276.1 km²51.9% of basin
- 134.6 km²25.3% of basin
- 121.1 km²22.8% of basin
171 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- ReberoKirehe9.15 km²100% commune
- Nyawera IKirehe8.76 km²100% commune
- KabugaKirehe8.32 km²100% commune
- KarebezoKirehe7.80 km²100% commune
- CyamuhaburaKirehe6.00 km²73% commune
- AgasasaKirehe6.00 km²100% commune
- GisenyiKirehe5.48 km²100% commune
- Nyawera IiKirehe5.44 km²100% commune
- NyabiyenziKirehe4.80 km²100% commune
- CyanikaKirehe4.55 km²100% commune
- MushirarunguKirehe4.54 km²100% commune
- GisanzeKirehe4.33 km²100% commune
- MutweKirehe3.99 km²38% commune
- KwishaKirehe3.92 km²100% commune
- RugaramaKirehe3.79 km²100% commune
- GisenyiKirehe3.62 km²100% commune
- Nyabubare IiKirehe3.56 km²100% commune
- NyabitareKirehe3.45 km²78% commune
- ByimanaKirehe3.40 km²100% commune
- NyamiyagaKirehe3.37 km²54% commune
- GasenyiKirehe3.36 km²100% commune
- NyenyeriKirehe3.06 km²100% commune
- MurambiKirehe3.06 km²100% commune
- KamomboKirehe3.04 km²100% commune
- NdabarekuyeKirehe3.02 km²100% commune
- NyakabungoKirehe3.00 km²73% commune
- KanombeKirehe2.92 km²100% commune
- NyabayamaKirehe2.80 km²100% commune
- BihembeKirehe2.77 km²89% commune
- NyakizuKirehe2.75 km²66% commune
- KacyiruKirehe2.73 km²100% commune
- MaranyundoKirehe2.63 km²100% commune
- TerimbereKirehe2.46 km²100% commune
- RudandiKirehe2.44 km²100% commune
- NyamiyumboKirehe2.38 km²100% commune
- KarambiKirehe2.32 km²100% commune
- NyagatovuKirehe2.29 km²50% commune
- KabugaKirehe2.29 km²100% commune
- RubayaKirehe2.25 km²100% commune
- MatabaKirehe2.23 km²100% commune
- TeteroKirehe2.20 km²100% commune
- UmunezeroKirehe2.14 km²100% commune
- RwamaganaKirehe2.09 km²95% commune
- CyimparageKirehe2.03 km²100% commune
- KangarameKirehe2.00 km²95% commune
- KabezaKirehe1.99 km²100% commune
- MuyinzaKirehe1.98 km²100% commune
- BuhagaKirehe1.96 km²100% commune
- SaruhembeKirehe1.95 km²100% commune
- RushaKirehe1.92 km²100% commune
- NyarwamuraKirehe1.89 km²100% commune
- IsanganoKirehe1.89 km²100% commune
- KamarashavuKirehe1.89 km²95% commune
- KageraKirehe1.88 km²100% commune
- NyarusangeKirehe1.80 km²100% commune
- KaremboKirehe1.78 km²100% commune
- KareheKirehe1.75 km²95% commune
- UruremboKirehe1.74 km²100% commune
- RukonjiKirehe1.73 km²100% commune
- KaziziKirehe1.73 km²100% commune
- GacensheroKirehe1.72 km²100% commune
- GashangaKirehe1.61 km²100% commune
- MpanguheKirehe1.59 km²84% commune
- RushongaKirehe1.59 km²100% commune
- PiloteKirehe1.56 km²86% commune
- EfemuKirehe1.54 km²99% commune
- KabungeriKirehe1.53 km²100% commune
- MucyoKirehe1.53 km²100% commune
- RushongaKirehe1.51 km²100% commune
- GikushyaKirehe1.49 km²34% commune
- MitakoKirehe1.47 km²100% commune
- BukinanyanaKirehe1.44 km²100% commune
- NyakaribaKirehe1.43 km²100% commune
- RemanyundoKirehe1.42 km²100% commune
- KabezaKirehe1.33 km²100% commune
- NyaruremboKirehe1.31 km²100% commune
- AkinzukiKirehe1.30 km²100% commune
- MurideKirehe1.29 km²100% commune
- KamabuyeKirehe1.28 km²100% commune
- MudahungaKirehe1.23 km²100% commune
- GahomvuKirehe1.22 km²100% commune
- KamarashavuKirehe1.22 km²100% commune
- KageraKirehe1.21 km²100% commune
- KigongiKirehe1.20 km²100% commune
- KigufiKirehe1.20 km²100% commune
- GasetsaKirehe1.16 km²100% commune
- NyenyeriKirehe1.15 km²100% commune
- ByimanaKirehe1.14 km²100% commune
- IbandaKirehe1.09 km²93% commune
- MurambiKirehe1.08 km²99% commune
- BweramanaKirehe1.05 km²100% commune
- NyamugariKirehe1.01 km²39% commune
- UrugwiroKirehe1.00 km²100% commune
- ItuzeKirehe0.99 km²100% commune
- AmahoroKirehe0.98 km²100% commune
- MatareKirehe0.96 km²96% commune
- MwimaKirehe0.93 km²100% commune
- RuhamaKirehe0.93 km²100% commune
- NyabayamaKirehe0.91 km²11% commune
- MumararunguKirehe0.90 km²100% commune
- Kazizi IiKirehe0.90 km²100% commune
- UmubanoKirehe0.88 km²100% commune
- ReberoKirehe0.87 km²100% commune
- GitabaKirehe0.87 km²100% commune
- MuniniKirehe0.86 km²100% commune
- NyagahamaKirehe0.85 km²100% commune
- KinambaKirehe0.82 km²100% commune
- ReberoKirehe0.80 km²100% commune
- BusasamanaKirehe0.80 km²100% commune
- MwogaKirehe0.80 km²100% commune
- BwizaKirehe0.79 km²100% commune
- MurambaKirehe0.77 km²100% commune
- RushenyiKirehe0.76 km²18% commune
- Mugisenyi IKirehe0.76 km²98% commune
- MumpingaKirehe0.75 km²100% commune
- RusumoKirehe0.73 km²84% commune
- MuniniKirehe0.73 km²100% commune
- KabwayiKirehe0.69 km²100% commune
- KamugaruraKirehe0.65 km²100% commune
- KanogoKirehe0.64 km²69% commune
- NyamiramaKirehe0.64 km²100% commune
- GasaboKirehe0.63 km²100% commune
- NyagahangaKirehe0.63 km²100% commune
- AmahoroKirehe0.60 km²100% commune
- RumuriKirehe0.58 km²100% commune
- IhuriroKirehe0.57 km²100% commune
- KabezaKirehe0.55 km²100% commune
- KameyaKirehe0.55 km²100% commune
- ByimanaKirehe0.51 km²100% commune
- KarambiKirehe0.48 km²73% commune
- UmubanoKirehe0.48 km²100% commune
- JyambereKirehe0.47 km²100% commune
- RusumoKirehe0.46 km²99% commune
- KagasaKirehe0.44 km²100% commune
- KimigishaKirehe0.42 km²100% commune
- BwizaKirehe0.35 km²100% commune
- RugaramaKirehe0.34 km²100% commune
- IsanganoKirehe0.33 km²100% commune
- Nyabubare IKirehe0.33 km²100% commune
- KabugaKirehe0.32 km²100% commune
- UbumweKirehe0.31 km²100% commune
- RemanyundoKirehe0.29 km²100% commune
- NshungereziKirehe0.27 km²14% commune
- RusoziKirehe0.26 km²89% commune
- KabimbaKirehe0.20 km²41% commune
- KankobwaKirehe0.20 km²11% commune
- Nyamugari CentreKirehe0.20 km²100% commune
- IhuriroKirehe0.19 km²100% commune
- BukoraKirehe0.18 km²100% commune
- RwesingeKirehe0.17 km²6% commune
- KacyiruKirehe0.16 km²31% commune
- NyakabandeKirehe0.16 km²15% commune
- AmahoroKirehe0.14 km²100% commune
- MurundiKirehe0.13 km²4% commune
- RuhondoKirehe0.13 km²100% commune
- RuremboKirehe0.12 km²100% commune
- KamabuyeKirehe0.11 km²100% commune
- Mugisenyi IiKirehe0.08 km²2% commune
- RemeraKirehe0.08 km²16% commune
- NyakwisiKirehe0.07 km²5% commune
- RamaKirehe0.07 km²100% commune
- KanyabiharaKirehe0.06 km²18% commune
- RamaKirehe0.06 km²3% commune
- IramaKirehe0.05 km²7% commune
- KamatoKirehe0.05 km²100% commune
- IsengaKirehe0.04 km²1% commune
- NyamisagaraKirehe0.04 km²1% commune
- Busasamana IKirehe0.01 km²0% commune
- KabuyeKirehe0.01 km²2% commune
- KabugweKirehe0.00 km²0% commune
- RemeraKirehe0.00 km²1% commune
1 intersecting protected areas
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
214.43 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
249 distinct species · 849 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 39 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 Akagera : 31 espèces dont 2 patrimoniales (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 43 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 5.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 8 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°
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)