HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080113160
Bassin de Potaro 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 : Chenapau River, Madhia + Kurubrong River + Mona, Rest of Region 8
Sub-basin area
1 978,7km²
Upstream area
4 280,8km²
Discharge
269,1m³/s
Mean elev.
453m
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°
24,4°C
Annual rain
3 047mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,49
Runoff
2 056mm/an
PET
1 524mm
AET
1 481mm
Mean slope
6,9°
Water table
234cm
Forest
97%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
31%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)