HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080113660
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 8
Sub-basin area
27km²
Upstream area
58 785,4km²
Discharge
1 738,04m³/s
Mean elev.
65m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Konawaruk River873 km²
- Bassin de Essequibo River393 km²
3 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 11.6 km²43.4% of basin
- 7.8 km²29.0% of basin
- 7.4 km²27.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
57 distinct species · 81 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°
26,6°C
Annual rain
2 842mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,45
Runoff
1 889mm/an
PET
1 561mm
AET
1 514mm
Mean slope
2,4°
Water table
77cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)