HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004530
Bassin de Amakura 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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Antonio Diaz, Barima / Amakura, Rest of Region 1, Sifontes
Sub-basin area
3 734,4km²
Upstream area
3 734,4km²
Discharge
120,01m³/s
Mean elev.
39m
Administrative coverage
4 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 2887.3 km²77.6% of basin
- 700.3 km²18.8% of basin
- 129.5 km²3.5% of basin
- 1.5 km²0.0% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Imataca
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
3018.89 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
319 distinct species · 533 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 16 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 Amakura River : 16 espèces reliées par 14 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 11.7%, filtre Serrano α=0.2).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 494mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,40
Runoff
1 022mm/an
PET
1 491mm
AET
1 444mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
47cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
80%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)