HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081195310
Bassin · #1081195310
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 5 administrative regions : Biharamulo, Chato, Lake Victoria, Muleba
Sub-basin area
505,9km²
Upstream area
505,9km²
Discharge
2,48m³/s
Mean elev.
1 263m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
5 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
2 intersecting protected areas
Burigi-Chato National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
349.36 km² overlap
Ruiga River
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
316.96 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
13 distinct species · 22 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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 170mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,24
Runoff
170mm/an
PET
1 547mm
AET
981mm
Mean slope
3,2°
Water table
233cm
Forest
62%
Crops
10%
Urban
0%
Protected
69%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)