HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081197770
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 3 countries : Giteranyi, Kirehe, Ngara
Sub-basin area
629,9km²
Upstream area
18 488,6km²
Discharge
122,52m³/s
Mean elev.
1 454m
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°
20,3°C
Annual rain
885mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,44
Runoff
153mm/an
PET
1 570mm
AET
748mm
Mean slope
8,0°
Water table
485cm
Forest
43%
Crops
19%
Urban
9%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)