HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080119010
Bassin de Potaro 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 2 administrative regions : Chenapau River, Rest of Region 8
Sub-basin area
387,9km²
Upstream area
388km²
Discharge
21,03m³/s
Mean elev.
723m
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°
23,0°C
Annual rain
2 612mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,42
Runoff
1 703mm/an
PET
1 511mm
AET
1 430mm
Mean slope
7,0°
Water table
241cm
Forest
93%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)