HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081230080
Bassin · #1081230080
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Fizi, Lake Tanganyika
Sub-basin area
2,3km²
Upstream area
21 183,5km²
Discharge
134,38m³/s
Mean elev.
767m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #108122999053 km²
- Bassin · #108122985021 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2.0 km²86.3% of basin
- Lake TanganyikaBururi · Burundi0.3 km²13.7% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
3 distinct species · 5 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°
23,9°C
Annual rain
1 072mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,34
Runoff
205mm/an
PET
1 629mm
AET
909mm
Mean slope
0,0°
Water table
0cm
Forest
0%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)