HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081207520
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Rugombo, Uvira
Sub-basin area
310,9km²
Upstream area
311,1km²
Discharge
3,04m³/s
Mean elev.
1 559m
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°
20,2°C
Annual rain
1 433mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,08
Runoff
317mm/an
PET
1 553mm
AET
1 049mm
Mean slope
13,2°
Water table
408cm
Forest
52%
Crops
18%
Urban
19%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)