HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081226470
Bassin de Malagarazi
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 : Bukemba, Giharo, Kasulu, Mpinga-Kayove
Sub-basin area
473,8km²
Upstream area
3 838,6km²
Discharge
31,83m³/s
Mean elev.
1 279m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Musasa860 km²
- Bassin de Malagarazi229 km²
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 223.0 km²47.3% of basin
- GiharoRutana · Burundi205.0 km²43.4% of basin
- Mpinga-KayoveRutana · Burundi30.1 km²6.4% of basin
- BukembaRutana · Burundi13.7 km²2.9% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Faille de Nyakazu
IUCN IIINature Monument
4.26 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
417 distinct species · 1 247 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 19 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Malagarazi : 13 espèces dont 1 patrimoniale (LR IUCN CR/EN/VU) reliées par 18 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 10.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 6 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
20,6°C
Annual rain
1 192mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,27
Runoff
244mm/an
PET
1 643mm
AET
993mm
Mean slope
4,2°
Water table
287cm
Forest
54%
Crops
10%
Urban
4%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)