HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #1081282140
Bassin de Kisigo River
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 : Bahi, Chamwino
Sub-basin area
717,3km²
Upstream area
717,3km²
Discharge
0,43m³/s
Mean elev.
953m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 685.5 km²96.0% of basin
- 28.7 km²4.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Lunda Nkwambi GCA
IUCN Not ReportedGame controlled area
83.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
2 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
551mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
-0,68
Runoff
18mm/an
PET
1 748mm
AET
465mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
339cm
Forest
0%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
3%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)