HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081248240
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 3 administrative regions : Kasulu, Kibondo, Uvinza
Sub-basin area
1 730,7km²
Upstream area
16 218,6km²
Discharge
95,75m³/s
Mean elev.
1 125m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Malagarasi1337 km²
- Bassin de Malagarasi864 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1000.3 km²58.0% of basin
- 707.1 km²41.0% of basin
- 15.8 km²0.9% of basin
3 intersecting protected areas
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands
IUCN Not ReportedWetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site)
1550.37 km² overlap
Moyowosi G.R (N)
IUCN IVGame Reserve
1013.06 km² overlap
Gombe GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
6.15 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
34 distinct species · 117 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 7 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Malagarasi : 6 espèces reliées par 6 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 28.6%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 1 bulle taxonomique (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
21,9°C
Annual rain
1 008mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,39
Runoff
80mm/an
PET
1 664mm
AET
852mm
Mean slope
0,6°
Water table
99cm
Forest
34%
Crops
6%
Urban
1%
Protected
59%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)