HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080118810
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 2 administrative regions across 2 countries : Apatou, Tapanahony
Sub-basin area
607,9km²
Upstream area
62 587,1km²
Discharge
1 696,48m³/s
Mean elev.
121m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Crique Beiman2649 km²
- Bassin de Gran kreek1808 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- 329.2 km²54.4% of basin
- 276.1 km²45.6% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
1 228 distinct species · 3 539 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Sample of 35 species (selected proportionally per kingdom among those with at least one documented interaction here) to keep the graph readable. Hover for details, click to explore the full ecosystem of a species.
ℹ️ The territory contains many more species than displayed and all their documented interactions: the graph is intentionally the structural skeleton (top-N species by composite local score, edges filtered by Serrano 2009 disparity filter α=0.2).
Indicateurs du tissu écologique
Tissu écologique de Bassin de Maroni : 30 espèces reliées par 32 interactions GloBI sur 2 types (connectance 5.4%, filtre Serrano α=0.2). 5 bulles taxonomiques (cascade genre/famille GloBI, ≥3 espèces).
Comparaison sur la connectance du réseau local complet vs distribution nationale (toutes les communes françaises).
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
26,2°C
Annual rain
2 375mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,34
Runoff
897mm/an
PET
1 575mm
AET
1 441mm
Mean slope
4,9°
Water table
170cm
Forest
95%
Crops
0%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)