HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080099060
Bassin de Essequibo 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 2 administrative regions : Makouria River, Rest of Region 7
Sub-basin area
274,7km²
Upstream area
69 650,4km²
Discharge
1 863,83m³/s
Mean elev.
44m
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°
26,1°C
Annual rain
2 161mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
1 030mm/an
PET
1 437mm
AET
1 385mm
Mean slope
2,1°
Water table
56cm
Forest
88%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)