HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #5080017340
Bassin de Sungai Sambas Besar
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 1 administrative regions : Sambas
Sub-basin area
166,5km²
Upstream area
7 398,5km²
Discharge
537,77m³/s
Mean elev.
4m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
Outlet (drains to ocean / endorheic)
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Sungai Sambas544 km²
- Bassin de Sungai Sambas Besar104 km²
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Sambas165.8 km²100.0% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
7 distinct species · 9 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°
26,7°C
Annual rain
2 912mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,47
Runoff
1 916mm/an
PET
1 557mm
AET
1 556mm
Mean slope
0,3°
Water table
8cm
Forest
34%
Crops
41%
Urban
12%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)