HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081196330
Bassin de Rugamura
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 6 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bugabira, Bugesera, Busoni, Gitobe, Kirundo +1
Sub-basin area
516,1km²
Upstream area
516,2km²
Discharge
3,16m³/s
Mean elev.
1 426m
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°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 005mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
195mm/an
PET
1 601mm
AET
851mm
Mean slope
5,5°
Water table
391cm
Forest
8%
Crops
36%
Urban
13%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)