HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080120160
Bassin de Río Kukenán
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 : Gran Sabana, Pacaraima
Sub-basin area
1 978,6km²
Upstream area
3 324,5km²
Discharge
111,67m³/s
Mean elev.
990m
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°
21,4°C
Annual rain
1 817mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,11
Runoff
1 132mm/an
PET
1 611mm
AET
1 305mm
Mean slope
5,0°
Water table
257cm
Forest
30%
Crops
1%
Urban
0%
Protected
97%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)