HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081195290
Bassin · #1081195290
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Idjwi, Nyamasheke
Sub-basin area
25,4km²
Upstream area
4 257,2km²
Discharge
32,74m³/s
Mean elev.
1 514m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kilimbi211 km²
- Bassin · #1081194510156 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 20.2 km²80.1% of basin
- 5.0 km²19.9% of basin
1 communes (GADM L5)Available for FRA, RWA
- Lake Kivu5.04 km²2% commune
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 1 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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
1 311mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,12
Runoff
429mm/an
PET
1 494mm
AET
1 103mm
Mean slope
3,0°
Water table
171cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
5%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)