HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080117610
Bassin · #6080117610
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 1 administrative regions : Coppename
Sub-basin area
533km²
Upstream area
533,2km²
Discharge
14,14m³/s
Mean elev.
64m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 0 basins
Source / headwater (no upstream basin)
1 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 530.7 km²100.0% of basin
2 intersecting protected areas
Central Suriname
IUCN IINature Reserve
9.24 km² overlap
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
IUCN Not ApplicableWorld Heritage Site (natural or mixed)
8.28 km² overlap
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
6 distinct species · 16 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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
2 216mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,28
Runoff
834mm/an
PET
1 598mm
AET
1 439mm
Mean slope
1,5°
Water table
60cm
Forest
100%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
2%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)