HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081228880
Bassin · #1081228880
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 : Burambi, Fizi, Lake Tanganyika, Rumonge
Sub-basin area
195,6km²
Upstream area
17 599,7km²
Discharge
112,28m³/s
Mean elev.
797m
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°
24,1°C
Annual rain
1 051mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,36
Runoff
229mm/an
PET
1 640mm
AET
895mm
Mean slope
1,2°
Water table
35cm
Forest
1%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)