HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004970
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 19 administrative regions : Chance / Hamlet, City of Georgetown, Demerara Conservancy, Diamond / Golden Grove, Eccles / Ramsburg +14
Sub-basin area
297,7km²
Upstream area
297,8km²
Discharge
8,05m³/s
Mean elev.
3m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,8°C
Annual rain
2 209mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
855mm/an
PET
1 357mm
AET
1 291mm
Mean slope
0,1°
Water table
5cm
Forest
32%
Crops
44%
Urban
35%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)