HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081205950
Bassin de Ruzizi
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 7 administrative regions across 3 countries : Bukavu, Kabare, Mwenga, Rugombo, Rusizi +2
Sub-basin area
731,1km²
Upstream area
8 145,3km²
Discharge
61,4m³/s
Mean elev.
1 757m
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°
18,6°C
Annual rain
1 535mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,04
Runoff
366mm/an
PET
1 447mm
AET
1 133mm
Mean slope
13,0°
Water table
508cm
Forest
63%
Crops
19%
Urban
21%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)