HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080004980
Bassin de Mahaica 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 17 administrative regions : Abary / Mahaicony, Cane Grove Land Development Sche, Chance / Hamlet, Demerara Conservancy, Enmore / Hope +12
Sub-basin area
2 252,6km²
Upstream area
2 253,1km²
Discharge
53,93m³/s
Mean elev.
12m
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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
1 716mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,16
Runoff
799mm/an
PET
1 419mm
AET
1 264mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
16cm
Forest
65%
Crops
15%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)