HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080005440
Bassin de Oranjekanaal
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 2 administrative regions : Galibi, Moengo
Sub-basin area
164,7km²
Upstream area
164,7km²
Discharge
4,59m³/s
Mean elev.
5m
Administrative coverage
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 146.2 km²89.2% of basin
- 3.4 km²2.1% of basin
1 intersecting protected areas
Wia-Wia
IUCN IVNature Reserve
162.48 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
42 distinct species · 63 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 9 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Oranjekanaal : 8 espèces reliées par 8 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 17.8%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 2 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,6°C
Annual rain
2 068mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
876mm/an
PET
1 548mm
AET
1 377mm
Mean slope
0,4°
Water table
14cm
Forest
85%
Crops
2%
Urban
0%
Protected
99%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)