HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081210650
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Buganda, Murwi, Rugombo, Uvira
Sub-basin area
170,5km²
Upstream area
10 829,7km²
Discharge
82,95m³/s
Mean elev.
927m
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°
24,0°C
Annual rain
1 012mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,42
Runoff
259mm/an
PET
1 756mm
AET
856mm
Mean slope
3,8°
Water table
296cm
Forest
6%
Crops
52%
Urban
49%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)