HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081203280
Bassin de Ruvubu
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 : Muyinga, Ngara
Sub-basin area
248,5km²
Upstream area
10 211,2km²
Discharge
93,07m³/s
Mean elev.
1 471m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Nyabihongo250 km²
- Bassin de Ruvubu189 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 137.0 km²55.4% of basin
- 110.4 km²44.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
69 distinct species · 109 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°
19,9°C
Annual rain
963mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
194mm/an
PET
1 569mm
AET
813mm
Mean slope
7,3°
Water table
527cm
Forest
49%
Crops
31%
Urban
18%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)