HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081219560
Bassin · #1081219560
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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Fizi, Lake Tanganyika, Uvira
Sub-basin area
25,3km²
Upstream area
14 739,9km²
Discharge
100,71m³/s
Mean elev.
767m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kalimabenge519 km²
- Bassin de Kanyosha139 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Lake Tanganyika23.8 km²94.3% of basin
- 1.4 km²5.4% of basin
- 0.1 km²0.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 6 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°
25,5°C
Annual rain
894mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,47
Runoff
227mm/an
PET
1 685mm
AET
802mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)