HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081205030
Bassin de Akanyaru
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 12 administrative regions across 2 countries : Busiga, Gashikanwa, Gisagara, Huye, Kabarore +7
Sub-basin area
1 876,8km²
Upstream area
1 877km²
Discharge
16,1m³/s
Mean elev.
1 853m
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°
18,4°C
Annual rain
1 325mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,09
Runoff
271mm/an
PET
1 461mm
AET
1 039mm
Mean slope
10,8°
Water table
437cm
Forest
27%
Crops
28%
Urban
18%
Protected
7%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)