HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004960
Bassin de Demerara 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 23 administrative regions : Amsterdam (Demerara River) / Vri, Bonasika / Boerasirie, Canal No. 2 (part) + The Belle +, Canals Polder, Coomaka Lands +18
Sub-basin area
2 138,3km²
Upstream area
7 447,5km²
Discharge
289,37m³/s
Mean elev.
34m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
2 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,30
Runoff
1 026mm/an
PET
1 411mm
AET
1 340mm
Mean slope
1,3°
Water table
67cm
Forest
79%
Crops
14%
Urban
1%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)