HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080112800
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 : Madhia + Kurubrong River + Mona, Rest of Region 10, Rest of Region 7
Sub-basin area
455,7km²
Upstream area
66 083,3km²
Discharge
2 220,12m³/s
Mean elev.
81m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Potaro River426 km²
- Bassin de Essequibo River27 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 273.3 km²60.2% of basin
- 152.0 km²33.5% of basin
- 28.5 km²6.3% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
237 distinct species · 547 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 41 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Essequibo River : 31 espèces reliées par 39 interactions GloBI sur 3 types (connectance 4.5%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 11 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 843mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,45
Runoff
1 726mm/an
PET
1 550mm
AET
1 513mm
Mean slope
3,3°
Water table
122cm
Forest
97%
Crops
3%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)