HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081227020
Bassin de Ruzibazi
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 12 administrative regions across 2 countries : Bugarama, Burambi, Fizi, Kabezi, Lake Tanganyika +6
Sub-basin area
1 940,3km²
Upstream area
16 961,8km²
Discharge
109,87m³/s
Mean elev.
1 304m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Mugere281 km²
- Bassin · #108121956025 km²
12 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 025 distinct species · 3 682 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 Ruzibazi : 14 espèces reliées par 21 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 11.1%, 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°
21,7°C
Annual rain
1 240mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,19
Runoff
259mm/an
PET
1 553mm
AET
952mm
Mean slope
8,2°
Water table
276cm
Forest
26%
Crops
12%
Urban
3%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)