HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080119660
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 4 administrative regions across 2 countries : Berbice River Settlements, Corentyne River, East Bank Berbice, Kabalebo
Sub-basin area
2 398,4km²
Upstream area
50 340,8km²
Discharge
332,78m³/s
Mean elev.
77m
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°
26,8°C
Annual rain
2 267mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,27
Runoff
677mm/an
PET
1 649mm
AET
1 442mm
Mean slope
1,8°
Water table
87cm
Forest
98%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)