HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080115230
Bassin de Maroni
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 across 2 countries : Apatou, Patamacca, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
912,8km²
Upstream area
63 739,9km²
Discharge
1 730,7m³/s
Mean elev.
64m
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°
26,4°C
Annual rain
2 340mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,33
Runoff
946mm/an
PET
1 573mm
AET
1 444mm
Mean slope
2,6°
Water table
79cm
Forest
96%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)