HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080112720
Bassin de Demerara
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 : Mabura Hills, Rest of Region 10
Sub-basin area
419,7km²
Upstream area
420km²
Discharge
16,45m³/s
Mean elev.
83m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 387.1 km²92.7% of basin
- 30.7 km²7.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
5 distinct species · 6 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°
26,5°C
Annual rain
2 596mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,38
Runoff
1 235mm/an
PET
1 597mm
AET
1 533mm
Mean slope
1,9°
Water table
59cm
Forest
100%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)