HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081240250
Bassin · #1081240250
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 3 administrative regions : Bukombe, Kaliua, Kibondo
Sub-basin area
462,5km²
Upstream area
20 486,6km²
Discharge
81,05m³/s
Mean elev.
1 083m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin · #1081236390858 km²
- Bassin · #108123648078 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
460.44 km² overlap
Kigosi National Park
IUCN Not ReportedNational Park
436.70 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
23.93 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 distinct species · 2 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°
22,8°C
Annual rain
934mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,46
Runoff
42mm/an
PET
1 742mm
AET
789mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
61cm
Forest
12%
Crops
5%
Urban
0%
Protected
100%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)