HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081205960
Bassin de Ruhwa
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 8 administrative regions across 3 countries : Mabayi, Mugina, Nyamagabe, Nyamasheke, Nyaruguru +3
Sub-basin area
943,5km²
Upstream area
943,5km²
Discharge
9,67m³/s
Mean elev.
1 806m
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°
18,0°C
Annual rain
1 477mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,02
Runoff
333mm/an
PET
1 436mm
AET
1 092mm
Mean slope
13,4°
Water table
525cm
Forest
78%
Crops
19%
Urban
13%
Protected
45%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)