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

883% lakePfafstetter: 13286713

Sub-basin area

195,6km²

Upstream area

17 599,7km²

Discharge

112,28m³/s

Mean elev.

797m

Administrative coverage

Hydrographic chain

▼ Drains into

Bassin · #108122985021 km²

▲ Receives from 2 basins

Bassin de Ruzibazi1940 km²
Bassin de Sundja442 km²

4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)

Lake Tanganyika
Bururi · Burundi
120.4 km²
61.8% of basin
Fizi
Sud-Kivu · Democratic Republic of the Congo
51.8 km²
26.6% of basin
Rumonge
Bururi · Burundi
18.7 km²
9.6% of basin
Burambi
Bururi · Burundi
3.8 km²
2.0% of basin

Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.

Species present

1 distinct species · 1 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°

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

Crops

Urban

Protected

HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)