HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080108990
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 3 administrative regions : Mabura Hills, Rest of Region 10, Rest of Region 7
Sub-basin area
753,1km²
Upstream area
67 035,8km²
Discharge
2 275,17m³/s
Mean elev.
78m
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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 750mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,43
Runoff
1 492mm/an
PET
1 555mm
AET
1 522mm
Mean slope
2,8°
Water table
108cm
Forest
97%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)