HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081196400
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 : Bugesera, Giteranyi, Ngoma
Sub-basin area
181,1km²
Upstream area
17 209,4km²
Discharge
119,06m³/s
Mean elev.
1 396m
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
876mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,45
Runoff
143mm/an
PET
1 597mm
AET
740mm
Mean slope
5,1°
Water table
415cm
Forest
4%
Crops
16%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)