HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080093110
Bassin de Río Cuyuní
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 across 2 countries : Rest of Region 7, Sifontes
Sub-basin area
510,4km²
Upstream area
42 763,2km²
Discharge
884,37m³/s
Mean elev.
142m
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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
1 845mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,12
Runoff
913mm/an
PET
1 616mm
AET
1 450mm
Mean slope
2,3°
Water table
63cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
43%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)