HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081207590
Bassin de Nyabihongo
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Buhinyuza, Muyinga, Mwakiro, Ngara
Sub-basin area
249,7km²
Upstream area
249,7km²
Discharge
1,78m³/s
Mean elev.
1 516m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
1 intersecting protected areas
Ruvubu
IUCN IINational Park
0.06 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
14 distinct species · 21 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°
19,2°C
Annual rain
1 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,33
Runoff
225mm/an
PET
1 555mm
AET
883mm
Mean slope
7,4°
Water table
381cm
Forest
16%
Crops
33%
Urban
6%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)