HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081213790
Bassin de Ruwiti
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 : Gisagara, Kakonko
Sub-basin area
595,6km²
Upstream area
595,8km²
Discharge
3,94m³/s
Mean elev.
1 437m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 416.9 km²70.3% of basin
- 176.1 km²29.7% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Gisagara
IUCN VNature reserve
9.12 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
163 distinct species · 511 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°
20,1°C
Annual rain
1 001mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,37
Runoff
197mm/an
PET
1 591mm
AET
846mm
Mean slope
6,5°
Water table
428cm
Forest
38%
Crops
12%
Urban
3%
Protected
15%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)