HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080005180
Bassin de Courantyne
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Corentyne River, Groot Henar, Kabalebo, Westelijke Polders
Sub-basin area
2 663,9km²
Upstream area
64 284,5km²
Discharge
584,82m³/s
Mean elev.
40m
Administrative coverage
Species present
Ecological tissue
Graphe en cours d’indexation
Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
Le graphe apparaîtra automatiquement dès que le calcul est terminé (rafraîchissement toutes les 2s).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
27,0°C
Annual rain
2 109mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,22
Runoff
696mm/an
PET
1 639mm
AET
1 439mm
Mean slope
1,1°
Water table
57cm
Forest
86%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)