HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081241250
Bassin de Malagarasi
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 : Kasulu, Kibondo
Sub-basin area
863,7km²
Upstream area
13 150,5km²
Discharge
89,43m³/s
Mean elev.
1 160m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Kaga river1341 km²
- Bassin de Malagarasi711 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 627.6 km²73.0% of basin
- 232.3 km²27.0% of basin
4 intersecting protected areas
Makere South
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
417.74 km² overlap
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
399.84 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
229.50 km² overlap
North Makere
IUCN Not ReportedForest Reserve
0.01 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
17 distinct species · 54 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°
21,5°C
Annual rain
1 062mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,35
Runoff
117mm/an
PET
1 641mm
AET
895mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
189cm
Forest
85%
Crops
19%
Urban
0%
Protected
27%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)