HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080087780
Bassin de Barama 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 3 administrative regions : Matthews Ridge / Arakaka (Mataka, Rest of Region 1, Waini
Sub-basin area
1 287,5km²
Upstream area
3 140,2km²
Discharge
97,02m³/s
Mean elev.
96m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Barama River1412 km²
- Bassin de Akarabisi River441 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 1229.1 km²95.9% of basin
- 50.5 km²3.9% of basin
- 2.4 km²0.2% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
486 distinct species · 1 135 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 317mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,35
Runoff
1 125mm/an
PET
1 513mm
AET
1 461mm
Mean slope
2,5°
Water table
82cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)