HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080118790
Bassin de Courantyne
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Corentyne River, Kabalebo
Sub-basin area
999,4km²
Upstream area
51 961,8km²
Discharge
277,08m³/s
Mean elev.
60m
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°
26,9°C
Annual rain
2 215mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,25
Runoff
697mm/an
PET
1 651mm
AET
1 453mm
Mean slope
1,6°
Water table
82cm
Forest
93%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)