HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081191830
Bassin de Nyabarongo
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 : Bugesera, Kicukiro, Rwamagana
Sub-basin area
36,9km²
Upstream area
14 674km²
Discharge
108,64m³/s
Mean elev.
1 437m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nyabarongo484 km²
- Bassin de Rwamugeni219 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 21.6 km²58.8% of basin
- 15.0 km²40.9% of basin
- Kicukiro0.1 km²0.3% of basin
28 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Nyamigende5.63 km²100% commune
- Kamashaza3.96 km²100% commune
- Kimarambasa3.36 km²100% commune
- Kajevuba2.99 km²87% commune
- Bisagara2.80 km²69% commune
- Ryarurindo1.70 km²100% commune
- Gatora1.62 km²41% commune
- Gatare1.45 km²55% commune
- Nduhuye1.39 km²100% commune
- Samuduha1.38 km²78% commune
- Rwimbogo1.32 km²84% commune
- Kasemanyana1.22 km²100% commune
- Rwamakara1.21 km²66% commune
- Nkongi1.18 km²85% commune
- Runzenze0.94 km²100% commune
- Nduba0.86 km²100% commune
- Cyaruhinda0.85 km²100% commune
- Majanja0.75 km²20% commune
- Kagese0.64 km²44% commune
- Kangamba0.63 km²48% commune
- Kimicanga0.42 km²43% commune
- Rwinka0.25 km²19% commune
- NyirakavomoKicukiro0.11 km²3% commune
- Kiyaya0.04 km²3% commune
- Rugarama0.02 km²1% commune
- Byimana0.02 km²0% commune
- Kigina0.01 km²1% commune
- Karogo0.01 km²0% commune
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 4 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
905mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 605mm
AET
766mm
Mean slope
7,7°
Water table
566cm
Forest
0%
Crops
14%
Urban
33%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)