HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004550
Bassin de Barima 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 3 administrative regions across 2 countries : Antonio Diaz, Barima / Amakura, Mabaruma / Kumaka / Hosororo
Sub-basin area
904,6km²
Upstream area
904,8km²
Discharge
27,04m³/s
Mean elev.
15m
Administrative coverage
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 854.0 km²94.8% of basin
- 42.7 km²4.7% of basin
- 4.1 km²0.5% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Imataca
IUCN VIForest Reserve (RF)
857.52 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
71 distinct species · 139 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 10 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 Barima River : 9 espèces reliées par 9 interactions GloBI sur 4 types (connectance 20.0%, 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°
26,2°C
Annual rain
2 599mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 048mm/an
PET
1 471mm
AET
1 433mm
Mean slope
0,2°
Water table
9cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
95%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)