HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004870
Bassin de Essequibo 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 1 administrative regions : Makouria River
Sub-basin area
1,1km²
Upstream area
154 860,6km²
Discharge
3 924,16m³/s
Mean elev.
10m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
1 646mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,14
Runoff
997mm/an
PET
1 419mm
AET
1 257mm
Mean slope
1,0°
Water table
43cm
Forest
80%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)