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
Species present
Ecological tissue
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Calcul du tissu écologique de cette entité.
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Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,4°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)